Cats are able to adapt protein oxidation to protein intake provided their requirement for dietary protein is met

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1053-1060

  Green, Alice S ^a   Ramsey, Jon J ^a   Villaverde, Cecilia ^a   Asami, Danny K ^a   Wei, Alfreda ^a   Fascetti, Andrea J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIMETRY; CAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; MALE; NITROGEN BALANCE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OXIDATION; PROTEIN INTAKE;

EID: 44449178400     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/138.6.1053     Document Type: Article

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