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The effect of dietary protein intake on calcium metabolism of the pregnant ewe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

G. D. Braithwaite
G. D. Braithwaite
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
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Abstract

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1. The effect of protein intake on calcium metabolism has been studied in the pregnant ewe.

2. Results suggest that decreased Ca retention in protein-deficient animals was a result of a decreased rate of Ca absorption and not a decreased rate of bone accretion as suggested by other workers.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 40 , Issue 3 , November 1978 , pp. 505 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1978

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