Net Flux of Glucose, Lactate, Volatile Fatty Acids, and Nitrogen Metabolites Across the Portal-Drained Viscera and Liver of Pregnant Ewes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3133-3145

  Freetly, H C ^a   Ferrell, C L ^a  

^a U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Flow; Metabolism; Ruminants; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

AMMONIA; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; NITROGEN; UREA; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; FEMALE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PORTAL VEIN; PREGNANCY; TWINS; VISCERA;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; NITROGEN; PORTAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS; UREA; VISCERA;

EID: 0032238091     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1998.76123133x     Document Type: Article

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