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Physiological Function and Dietary Application of Tryptophan in Livestock and Poultry

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  • 1. Key Laboratory for Agro-Ecological Processes in Subtropical Region, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;
    2. College of Animal Science and Nutritional Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan 430023, China

Received date: 2015-09-24

  Online published: 2016-03-14

Abstract

Tryptophan, as a functional essential amino acid, plays important roles in improving growth performance, modulating feed intake and lactation, enhancing anti-oxidative and immune functions, and so on in animals. When used as a dietary additive to a low-protein diet, tryptophan will reduce dietary protein level, but not alter production performance of animals, which results in relieving the current protein deficiency and decreasing the environment pollution caused by the waste of animal production. This paper reviewed the metabolic pathways and physiological functions of tryptophan in livestock and poultry in order to provide knowledge for scientific and reasonable application of tryptophan in animal production.

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LI Huawei, ZHU Qian, WU Lingying, YIN Yulong, KONG Xiangfeng . Physiological Function and Dietary Application of Tryptophan in Livestock and Poultry[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2016 , 28(3) : 659 -664 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2016.03.004

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