The effect of dietary protein intake on calcium metabolism of the pregnant ewe.
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.
D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D012756:Sheep / Q000378:metabolism*
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002118:Calcium