Protein Metabolism in Monogastric Animals
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (19 November 2021) | Viewed by 8572
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The overarching goal of this Special Issue is to provide an in-depth review of the current knowledge on protein metabolism across stages of the life cycle in avian, swine, equine, feline, and canine species. The emphasis will be to highlight and discuss the idiosyncrasies in protein and amino acid metabolism that dictate the animal’s dietary amino acid requirements. Topics will include a fundamental understanding of uric acid metabolism in avian species for prediction of amino acid needs, the potential impact of feed ingredients on taurine availability and methionine requirement of dogs and dilated cardiomyopathy, nitrogen recycling in the large intestine and its impact on the microbiota in equine species, the impact of fiber nutrition on protein digestibility and amino acid availability in gestating and lactating sows, the interaction between amino acid availability and fiber nutrition in the newly weaned piglet, and the interactions between carbohydrates and protein nutrition of felids.
Dr. Nathalie Trottier
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- amino acid metabolism
- microbiota
- large intestine
- uric acid
- methionine
- nitrogen recycling
- fibers
- horses
- cats
- dogs
- pigs
- poultry
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