Marine algae have recently emerged as a new exciting source of biofuel. Our objective was to determine effect of supplemental defatted algal biomass from biofuel production on biochemical indicators of protein metabolism in plasma of weanling pigs. A total of 27 weanling pigs (BW = 10.69 ± 0.22 kg) were divided into 3 groups (n = 9/group), and fed a corn-soybean meal basal diet (BD), the BD plu...

The rates of ketogenesis from endogenous substrates, butyrate or oleate, have been measured in isolated hepatocytes from suckling and weanling rats. Ketogenesis from endogenous substrate and from oleate decreased on weaning, whereas the rate from butyrate remained unchanged. It is concluded that the major site of regulation of ketogenesis during this period of development involves the disposal ...

To evaluate the developmental regulation of nutrient transporter gene expression in the small intestine, piglets from each of seven sows were killed at birth (d 0), during lactation (d 1, 3, 7, 14, and 21) and post-weaning (d 22, 24, 28, and 35; weaned at d 21). Intestinal segments (duodenum, jejunum, and ileum) were collected for RNA isolation. The abundance of mRNA was determined by Northern ...