Nitrogen balance in adult female mink (Mustela vison) in response to normal feeding and short-term fasting

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-96

  Tauson, Anne Helene ^a   Elnif, Jan ^a   Wamberg, Søren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

14C labelled inulin; N balance; Osmotic pumps; p amino 3H hippuric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; ALLANTOIN; CARBON 14; CREATININE; HYPOXANTHINE; INULIN; NITROGEN; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIET RESTRICTION; FEEDING; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MINK; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE VOLUME;

ALLANTOIN; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CREATINE; FASTING; FEMALE; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INULIN; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MINK; NITROGEN; P-AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; URIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0030787621     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970121     Document Type: Article

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