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The variation in the concentration of plasma amino acids and blood urea in pregnant sows

The variation in the concentration of plasma amino acids and blood urea in pregnant sows. Sohail, M. A.; Cole, D. J. A.; Lewis, D. (Univ. Nottingham Sch. Agric., Sutton Bonington/Loughborough/Leics., Engl.). Vet. Rec., 102(3), 55-8 (English) 1978. CODEN: VETRAX. ISSN: 0042-4900. DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal CA Section: 18 (Animal Nutrition) Two pregnant sows were fed a basal diet consisting of equal amts. of ground barley and ground wheat with or without addn. of L-lysine hydrochloride [657-27-2]. Plasma amino acid and blood urea [57-13-6] levels varied according to the time after feeding. Almost all the essential amino acids reached a max. level after 1 h and then declined at 4 h after feeding. The results suggested that samples taken at between 1 and 4 h after feeding were responsive to changes in dietary compn. and could provide a measure to evaluate the amino acid pattern in relation to feeding. Both plasma amino acid and blood urea data suggested that lysine was the 1st limiting amino acid in the basal diet.

Effects of dietary fats on accumulation of liver lipids in rats fed wheat flour diet supplemented with lysine

Effects of dietary fats on accumulation of liver lipids in rats fed wheat flour diet supplemented with lysine. Hirano, Ryuji; Matsuura, Eiichi; Yamada, Koji (Fac. Liv. Sci., Koriyama Women's Coll., Koriyama, Japan). Eiyo To Shokuryo, 30(3), 169-74 (Japanese) 1977. CODEN: EISOAU. DOCUMENT TYPE: Journal CA Section: 18 (Animal Nutrition) The liver lipid content of rats fed a wheat diet (10% protein level) contg. 5% coconut oil, shortening, or soybean oil was normal. When such diets were supplemented with 0.3% lysine-HCl [657-27-2], liver lipid, mostly triglyceride, content was markedly increased. The increase of liver lipid in rats fed the lysine-supplemented diet contg. shortening was relatively small, and the concn. of liver triglyceride in rats was reduced by the increase of dietary shortening from 5 to 15%. C and C were increased in the liver triglycerides in the shortening-fed group.