Excess dietary cystine intensifies the adverse effect of a methionine deficiency in the cat

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 440-445

  Strieker, M J ^a,b   Werner, A ^a,c   Morris, J G ^a   Rogers, Q R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IAMS COMPANY   (United States)

^c Animal Dermatology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Cystine; Feline; Methionine deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; METHIONINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MALE; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CYSTINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; MALE; METHIONINE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

FELIDAE;

EID: 33750579646     PISSN: 09312439     EISSN: 14390396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0396.2006.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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