Effects of feeding low protein diets to piglets on plasma urea nitrogen, faecal ammonia nitrogen, the incidence of diarrhoea and performance after weaning

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 343-358

  Heo, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Jae Cheol ^b   Hansen, Christian Fink ^a   Mullan, Bruce P ^b   Hampson, David J ^a   Pluske, John R ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Bentley Delivery Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Growth; Pigs; Post weaning diarrhoea; Protein; Urea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE; TIME; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; DIARRHEA; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DIETARY PROTEINS; DIGESTION; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

SUIDAE;

EID: 50949096800     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: 14772817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450390802327811     Document Type: Article

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