Contribution of gut microbial lysine to liver and milk amino acids in lactating does

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 977-983

  Abecia, Leticia ^a,b   Balcells, Joaquím ^a   Fondevila, Manuel ^a   Belenguer, Alvaro ^a,b   Holtrop, Grietje ^c   Lobley, Gerald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caecotrophy; Microbial lysine; Rabbit does

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACITRACIN; BACITRACIN ZINC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LYSINE; MICROBIAL LYSINE; MILK PROTEIN; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DIET; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATION PERIOD; HAY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CECUM; FEMALE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTATION; LITTER SIZE; LIVER; LYSINE; MILK; PREGNANCY; RABBITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HORDEUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 53649100866     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508957986     Document Type: Article

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