Route of tracer administration does not affect real endogenous nitrogen recovery measured with the N-15-isotope dilution technique in pigs fed rapidly digestible diets

Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: The Journal of Nutrition. 134(11):3068-3075
ISSN: 1541-6100
0022-3166
Popis: The N-15-isotope dilution technique (N-15-IDT), with either pulse-dose oral administration or continuous i.v. administration of [N-15]-L-leucine (carotid artery), both at 5 mg/(kg body weight . d), was used to measure ileal (postvalve T-cecum cannula) endogenous nitrogen recovery (ENR) in pigs (9 +/- 0.6 kg). Diets were cornstarch, enzyme-hydrolyzed casein with no (control) or high (4%) content of quebracho extract (Schinopsis spp.) rich in condensed tannins. Blood was sampled from a catheter in the external jugular vein. Mean plasma N-15-enrichment at d 8-10 was higher (P = 0.0009) after i.v. than after oral administration [0.0356 vs. 0.0379 atom% excess (APE)]. Plasma 15N-enrichment for i.v. infused pigs was 0.01117 APE higher (P
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