Quantitative glucose metabolism in lactating mink (Mustela vison) - Effects of dietary levels of protein, fat and carbohydrates

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section A: Animal Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-42

  Fink, Rikke ^a   Børsting, Christian Friis ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Energy supply; Glucose flux; Glucose turnover rate

Indexed keywords

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 0036102746     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064700252806407     Document Type: Article

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