The marginal efficiency of utilization of all ileal digestible indispensable amino acids for protein gain is lower than 30% in preruminant calves between 80 and 240 kg live weight

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1774-1785

  Gerrits, Walter J J ^a,b   Schrama, Johan W ^a   Tamminga, Seerp ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acid composition; Amino acid utilization; Body protein; Preruminant calves; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COLLAGEN; MILK PROTEIN; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ILEUM; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0031686004     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1774     Document Type: Article

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