Effect of dietary protein quality and essential fatty acids on fatty acid composition in the liver and adipose tissue after rapid weight loss in overweight cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 310-315

  Szabo, Joseph ^a,b   Ibrahim, Wissam H ^a,c   Sunvold, Gregory D ^d   Bruckner, Geza G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; CASEIN; CORN OIL; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; GLUTEN; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; FATTY ACID;

ABDOMEN; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT INTAKE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HYSTERECTOMY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; LIVER BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN QUALITY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; ZEA MAYS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIET; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; LIVER; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037607520     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.310     Document Type: Article

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