Deamination of amino acids in the small intestine of chickens fed meat meal.
The loss of amino acids by bacterial deamination in the small intestine of chicks fed heated and unheated meat meal was studied by incubating the intestinal contents in vitro. The loss of amino acids by bacterial deamination was found to take place mainly in the lower small intestine. Deamination of amino acids was significantly higher in the contents of the small intestine of chicks fed a meat meal compared to the freeze-dried raw materials, and this deamination was reduced by the addition of 50 p.p.m. penicillin to the meat meal.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D003641:Deamination; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000378:metabolism*; D008460:Meat; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism
D000596:Amino Acids; D000641:Ammonia; D009584:Nitrogen