Intestinal nitrogen flow, total nitrogen and ¹⁵N balance in pigs labelled intravenously with ¹⁵N-leucine and fed a meat meal diet

Nonprotein nitrogen is absorbed from the large intestine and increases nitrogen balance in growing pigs fed a valine-limiting diet.

Nitrogen absorption from the large intestine, largely as ammonia and possibly as amino acids (AAs), is generally thought to be of little nutritional value to nonruminant animals and humans. Ammonia-nitrogen absorbed from the large intestine, however, may be recycled into the small intestine as urea and incorporated into microbial AAs, which may then be used by the host. A cecal infusion study w...

Postprandial intestinal and whole body nitrogen kinetics and distribution in piglets fed a single meal.

Our aim was to characterize the postprandial total and dietary N fluxes in the portal drained viscera (PDV) and whole body after administration of a single meal in young pigs. Seven 4-wk-old piglets, implanted with a portal flow probe and portal, arterial and venous catheters, received a primed constant [(18)O]urea intravenous infusion and were studied for 8 h after a bolus mixed meal ingestion...

Nitrogen Balance and Growth Trials With Pigs Fed Low-Crude Protein, Amino Acid-Supplemented Diets

The impact of lower gut nitrogen supply on nitrogen balance and urea kinetics in growing pigs fed a valine-limiting diet.

An N-balance and isotope dilution study was performed to determine the effect of lower gut N supply on N retention and CO(NH(2))(2) kinetics in growing pigs. Nine cecally cannulated and jugular-catheterized barrows (initial BW 22.4 ± 1.2 kg) were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 cecal N infusion treatments: saline, casein, or CO(NH(2))(2); the latter 2 treatments were infused at a rate of 40% of dai...

Leucine meal increases glutamine and total nitrogen release from forearm muscle.

To assess the consequences of elevated branched chain amino acid levels on alanine, glutamine, and ammonia metabolism in muscle, L-leucine meals (14.7 g) were consumed by six normal postabsorptive individuals. Bilateral forearm studies were performed, and the dominant arm was subjected to 15 min of light exercise, using a calibrated dynamometer, beginning 45 min after the ingestion of the meal....