Effects of dietary supply of arginine on urinary orotic acid excretion, growth performance and blood parameters in growing mink (Mustela vison) kits fed low-protein diets

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica A: Animal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-121

  Damgaard, Birthe M ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body weight gain; Feed consumption; Glucose; Hyperammonemia; Lysine; Urea

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040350035     PISSN: 09064702     EISSN: 16511972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064709809362410     Document Type: Article

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