Gut endogenous nitrogen and amino acid excretions in adult domestic cats fed a protein-free diet or an enzymatically hydrolyzed casein-based diet

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 955-962

  Hendriks, Wouter H ^a   Moughan, Paul J ^a   Tarttelin, Michael F ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

amino acid; cats; endogenous loss; fecal; ileal

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASPARTIC ACID; CASEIN; GENTAMICIN; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NEOMYCIN; NITROGEN; NYSTATIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SERINE;

AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; HYDROLYSIS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029968932     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.4.955     Document Type: Article

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