Nutritional and Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Blachier, Francois. (Editor ), Wu, Guoyao. (Editor ), Yin, Yulong. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.