Endogenous gut nitrogen losses in growing pigs are not caused by increased protein synthesis rates in the small intestine

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 566-572

  Nyachoti, Charles M ^a   De Lange, Cornelis F M ^a   McBride, Brian W ^a   Leeson, Steve ^a   Gabert, Vince M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Pigs; Protein synthesis; Visceral organs

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033998105     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.3.566     Document Type: Article

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