Effects of adding sodium dichloroacetate to low-protein diets on nitrogen balance and amino acid metabolism in the portal-drained viscera and liver of pigs

Abstract Background Identifying regulatory measures to promote glucose oxidative metabolism while simultaneously reducing amino acid oxidative metabolism is one of the foremost challenges in formulating low-protein (LP) diets designed to reduce the excretion of nitrogen-containing substances known t...

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Main Authors: Weizhong Sun, Yunxia Li, Zhiru Tang, Huiyuan Chen, Ke Wan, Rui An, Liuting Wu, Zhihong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Subjects:
Pig
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40104-020-00437-2