Net flux of nutrients across splanchnic tissues in wethers consuming grasses of different sources and physical forms ad libitum

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 769-781

  Goetsch, A L ^a   Patil, A R ^b   Galloway, D L ^b   Kouakou, B ^b   Wang, Z S ^b   Park, K K ^b   Rossi, J E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Forage; Sheep; Splanchnic metabolism

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; GRASS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; THERMOGENESIS; TISSUE METABOLISM; VISCERA;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY INTAKE; LIVER; LOLIUM; MALE; POACEAE; SHEEP; TRITICUM; VISCERA;

ANIMALIA; CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030913662     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN19970074     Document Type: Article

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