Nutritional and Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs - Blachier, Francois; Wu, Guoyao; Yin, Yulong; SpringerLink (Online service) (Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013)
Introduction -- Anatomical characteristics of the gastrointestinal tract and digestive glands of pigs during development -- Development of the gastrointestinal tract in pigs -- Development of the digestive glands in pigs -- Development and renewal of the intestinal villi in pigs -- Terminal digestion, amino acid absorption/metabolism and microbiota in the pig intestine during development -- Terminal digestion of polypeptides and amino acid absorption by the pig intestine epithelial cells during development -- Developmental amino acid metabolism in the pig small and large intestine epithelial cells -- Development of the micro-ecological system in small and large intestine of piglets -- Physiological functions of amino acids in pigs -- Structure and functions of amino acids: an overview -- Synthesis and degradation of proteins in pigs -- Factors that affect amino acid metabolism in pigs -- Amino acids and hormone secretion in pigs -- Amino acids, gene expression and cell signaling in the pig intestine -- Amino acids and immune functions -- Amino acids and obesity, diabetes and dyslipidemia -- Methodology for research on amino acid -- Methods for amino acid analysis -- Surgical techniques used for research in amino acid nutrition -- Measurement of protein digestibility in pigs -- Measurement of synthesis and degradation of proteins -- Methods for measuring amino acids of endogenous origin in pig intestines.
Keywords: Animal physiology; Veterinary medicine; Food-Biotechnology.; Animal Physiology; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Food Science