Urea concentration in collared peccary milk as an indicator of protein nutritional status. Academic Article

abstract

• Milk urea nitrogen (UN) concentration was examined as a possible index to protein-energy intake in female collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu). Captive adults were bred and assigned to one of four experimental diets through gestation and lactation. Females fed a high protein diet produced milk with UN concentrations exceeding those of low-protein-fed females. A low energy intake tended to elevate UN concentrations in milk.

authors

• Grant, William

published proceedings

• J Wildl Dis

author list (cited authors)

• Lochmiller, R. L., Hellgren, E. C., Grant, W. E., & Varner, L. W.

citation count

• 0

complete list of authors

• Lochmiller, RL||Hellgren, EC||Grant, WE||Varner, LW

publication date

• July 1987

publisher

• Wildlife Disease Association  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Wildlife Diseases  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Artiodactyla
• Colostrum
• Female
• Milk
• Nutritional Status
• Pregnancy
• Proteins
• Urea

PubMed Central ID

• 3625919

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.518

start page

• 518

end page

• 520

volume

• 23

issue

• 3

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.7589%2F0090-3558-23.3.518