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Contributions of animal nutrition research to nutritional principles: energetics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17311964     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Recognition of the parallels between animal life and flame provided the impetus to view life as combustion. Animal digestion and metabolism experiments revealed principles of nutrient sources of energy, the relation of chemical content to absorbed nutrient value, respiratory quotient, and biological value. Measurements of heat loss by animals revealed dramatic, >30-fold, differences in mass specific biological oxidation, leading to mass exponential descriptions of these metabolic rates, e.g., the Kleiber-Brody Law. More recent animal experiments have explored principles explaining the large mass specific rate variation, leading to principles of visceral organ mass primacy and the importance of ion pumping, proton leak, and membrane lipid composition as drivers of the variation.
Authors:
Donald E Johnson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of nutrition     Volume:  137     ISSN:  0022-3166     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Nutr.     Publication Date:  2007 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-21     Completed Date:  2007-04-17     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404243     Medline TA:  J Nutr     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  698-701     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animal Feed
Animal Nutrition Sciences*
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Animals
Energy Metabolism
Research

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