Whole-body fluxes and partitioning of amino acids to the mammary gland of cows fed fresh pasture at two levels of intake during early lactation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-281

  Pacheco, D ^a,b,c   Tavendale, M H ^a   Reynolds, G W ^b   Barry, T N ^b   Lee, J ^a   McNabb, Warren C ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c SHERBROOKE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Dairy cows; Mammary gland; Pasture diets

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HISTIDINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MILK PROTEIN; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGE; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLAND; MILK; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WHITE CLOVER;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; ISOLEUCINE; LACTATION; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; NITROGEN; POACEAE; VALINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0043063983     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003886     Document Type: Article

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