Influence of peptides and amino acids on fermentation rate and de novo synthesis of amino acids by mixed micro-organisms from the sheep rumen

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 307-314

  Atasoglu, Cengiz ^a   Valdés, Carmen ^a,b   Newbold, C James ^a   Wallace, R John ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonia; Protein synthesis; Rumen; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ASPARTIC ACID; CASEIN HYDROLYSATE; CELLOBIOSE; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MINERAL; MOLASSES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; PEPTIDE; PROLINE; STARCH; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE; VITAMIN; XYLOSE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BARLEY; DIET; FERMENTATION; FISH; GRASS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032997814     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0007114599000550     Document Type: Article

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