Nitrogen metabolism of the ruminant liver [review]
1993
van der Walt, J.G. (Pretoria Univ., Onderstepoort (South Africa). Dept. of Physiology)
The quantitative flux of nitrogenous compounds from the portal-drained viscera to the liver and the metabolic pathways within these tissues that facilitate interactions between these compounds are examined. The role of gluconeogenesis, transdeamination and the urea cycle is discussed in relation to the function of the liver as an organ integrating the nitrogen and energy metabolism of the animal. Possible mechanisms, other than the accepted hypothesis of urea recycling, are proposed to explain nitrogen recycling in ruminants. It is clear that animal scientists must take into account, together with the fermentative processes in the rumen and hindgut, the contribution of the host animal to the overall balance of nitrogen
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