Effects of intraruminal propionate supplementation on nitrogen utilisation by the portal-drained viscera, the liver and the hindlimb in lambs fed frozen rye grass

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 939-952

  Savary Auzeloux, Isabelle C ^a   Majdoub, Linda ^a   LeFloc'h, Nathalie ^b   Ortigues Marty, Isabelle ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Hindlimb; Net flux; Propionate; Splanchnic tissues

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CITRULLINE; CYSTATHIONINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; INSULIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROPIONIC ACID; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THREONINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; UREA; VALINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CANNULATION; CATHETERIZATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD FREEZING; GROWTH REGULATION; HINDLIMB; INFUSION; INSULIN RELEASE; LAMB; LATIN SQUARE DESIGN; LIVER; MUSCLE GROWTH; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PORTAL VEIN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RUMINANT STOMACH; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; STIMULATION; TISSUE INTERACTION; UREA CYCLE; VISCERA;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CATHETERIZATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HINDLIMB; LIVER; LOLIUM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROPIONATES; RUMEN; SHEEP; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM PERENNE; OVIS ARIES; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0142229888     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN2003987     Document Type: Article

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