The tryptophan requirement of the kitten
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1. To estimate the tryptophan requirement of the kitten, six male and six female kittens were presented diets containing 0·7, 0·9, 1·1, 1·3, 1·5 and 3·0 g tryptophan/kg diet for six experimental periods lasting 10 d in accordance with a 6 × 6 balanced Latin-square design.2. Mean daily weight gain and nitrogen retention (N intake minus urinary and faecal N) plateaued at 1·1 g tryptophan/kg diet indicating that the minimal tryptophan requirement of the kitten was 1·1 g/kg diet.3. Plasma tryptophan concentration exhibited a marked increase at dietary tryptophan concentrations above 1·3 g/kg diet.
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1987 ◽
Vol 58
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pp. 521-532
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2016 ◽
Vol 60
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pp. 52-58
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