Metabolic basis for the essential nature of fatty acids and the unique dietary fatty acid requirements of cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 229, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1729-1732

  Bauer, John E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LINOLEOYL COENZYME A DESATURASE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL FOOD; CAT; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FATTY ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; LINOLEIC ACID; MALE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS;

EID: 33845344351     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.229.11.1729     Document Type: Review

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