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

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.

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