Dietary crude protein increases slightly the requirement for threonine in kittens

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1496-1504

  Hammer, Victoria A ^a,b   Rogers, Quinton R ^a   Morris, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acid imbalance; feline; protein; requirement; threonine

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030005014     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.5.1496     Document Type: Article

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