Biology of Metabolism in Growing Animals

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Dedication Acknowledgements List of contributors Part I. Fetal metabolism 1. Regulation of metabolism and growth during prenatal life, by A.W. Bell, P.L. Greenwood and R.A. Ehrhardt Part II. Protein metabolism 2. Regulation of skeletal muscle protein metabolism in growing animals, by T.A. Davis and M.L. Fiorotto 3. Whole animal and tissue proteolysis in growing animals, by V.E. Baracos 4. Cytokine regulation of protein accretion in growing animals, by R.W. Johnson and J. Escobar 5. Amino acid metabolism in the small intestine: biochemical bases and nutritional significance, by G. Wu, D.A. Knabe and N.E. Flynn 6. Role of intestinal first-pass metabolism on whole body amino acid requirements, by R.F.P. Bertolo, P.B. Pencharz and R.O. Ball 7. Splanchnic protein and amino acid metabolism in growing animals, by D.G. Burrin and B. Stoll 8. Nitrogen metabolism by splanchnic tissues of ruminants, by C.K. Reynolds Part III. Lipid metabolism 9. Hepatic fatty acid oxidation and ketogenesis in young pigs, by J. Odle, P. Lyvers-Peffer and X. Lin 10. Essential fatty acid metabolism during early development, by S. M. Innis 11. Development of white adipose tissue lipid metabolism, by H.J. Mersmann and S.B. Smith 12. S.B. Smith and G.E. Carsten 13. J.K. Drackley Part IV. Carbohydrate and energy metabolism 14. Environmental and hormonal regulation of energy metabolism in early development of the pig, by P. Herpin, I. Louveau, M. Damon and J. Le Dividich 15. Hepatic gluconeogenesis in developing rminants, by S.S. Donkin and H. Hammon 16. Energy metabolism in the developing rumen epithelium, by B.W. Jesse 17. Splanchnic carbohydrate and energy metabolism in growing ruminants, by N.B. Kristensen, G.B. Huntington and D.L. Harmon Part V: Methodology