Assessment of the effects of feed restriction and amino acid supplementation on glucose tolerance in Ilamas

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 996-1001

  Cebra, Christopher K ^a   Tornquist, Susan J ^a   Jester, Rebecca M ^a   Stelletta, Calogero ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; INSULIN; LIPIDS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; LAMA (CAMEL);

EID: 3442876725     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.996     Document Type: Article

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