Protein recycling in growing rabbits: Contribution of microbial lysine to amino acid metabolism

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 763-770

  Belenguer, Álvaro ^a   Balcells, Joaquim ^a   Guada, Jose A ^a   Decoux, Marc ^b   Milne, Eric ^c  

^a Lab Genet Bioquim Grupos S   (Spain)

^b Cargill   (Spain)

^c ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N kinetics; Caecotrophy; Microbial lysine; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; SAMPLING;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CECUM; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EATING; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LYSINE; MALE; NITROGEN; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 27944486124     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051508     Document Type: Article

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