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A note on the effect of ageing on whole-body protein turn-over in goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

T. Muramatsu ,
Y. Ueda ,
T. Hirata ,
J. Okumura  and
I. Tasaki
T. Muramatsu
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
Y. Ueda
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
T. Hirata
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
J. Okumura
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
I. Tasaki
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464, Japan
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In ruminants a dynamic state of protein turn-over has been poorly understood although the methodology of measuring the rate of protein turn-over has recently been advanced to a great extent (Waterlow, Garlick and Millward, 1978). Available evidence suggests that ruminants such as sheep and cows are no exception among various mammalian species when whole-body protein synthesis of adult animals is compared on a metabolic body-weight basis (Waterlow et al., 1978; Reeds and Lobley, 1980).

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Animal Production , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , June 1988 , pp. 479 - 481
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1988

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