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Nutritional and Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs

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  • © 2013

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  • Only book presenting an overview of amino acid metabolism and effects in pigs

  • Provides the double perspective of pig as an animal with important agronomical interest

  • Discusses the animal model pig for extrapolation to human physiology

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Anatomical Characteristics of the Gastrointestinal Tract and Digestive Glands of Pigs During Development

  2. Terminal Digestion, Amino Acid Absorption/Metabolism, and Microbiota in the Pig Intestine During Development

  3. Physiological Functions of Amino Acids in Pigs

  4. Methodology for Research on Amino Acid

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This book provides developmental data regarding piglets (with a focus on the gastrointestinal tract), data related to amino acid metabolism in pigs, data related to nutritional and physiological functions of amino acids in pigs, nutritional requirements for amino acids in pigs, signaling roles of amino acids, methodological aspects in amino acid research and the pig model for studying amino acid-related human diseases.

Editors and Affiliations

  • for Agronomic Research, National Institute, Paris, French S.Territ

    Francois Blachier

  • College Station, USA

    Guoyao Wu

  • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Subtropical Agriculture, Hunan, China, People's Republic

    Yulong Yin

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