Metabolic responses to oral tryptophan supplementation before exercise in horses

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 89, Issue 3-6, 2005, Pages 140-145

  Vervuert, I ^a   Coenen, M ^a   Watermulder E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; LACTIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EXERCISE TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HORSE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE TEST; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; HORSES; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRYPTOPHAN;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 17144389900     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2005.00534.x     Document Type: Article

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