Urea transporters and urea recycling in ruminants

Ruminant Physiology: Digestion, Metabolism and Impact of Nutrition on Gene Expression, Immunology and Stress

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-171

  Marini, J C ^a   Sands, J M ^b   Van Amburgh, M E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen metabolism; Nitrogen recycling; Urea kinetics; Urea transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 40049108678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-566-6     Document Type: Chapter

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