Lipid and amino acid composition influence incorporation and discrimination of 13C and 15N in mink

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-412

  Ben David, Merav ^a   Newsome, Seth D ^a   Whiteman, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

growth; kits; milk composition; Neovision vison; pregnancy; routing; tissue turnover rate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BODY MASS; DIET; GROWTH RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIPID; MILK; MUSCLE; MUSTELID; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATION; VISION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA;

EID: 84860577813     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-168.1     Document Type: Article

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