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    Urea nitrogen absorbed from the hindgut is used efficiently for body protein deposition in pigs fed a diet deficient in non-essential amino acid nitrogen

    The absorption of nitrogen (N) from the hindgut of monogastric animals is thought to be of little value for supporting body protein synthesis. However, N that is absorbed from the lower gut, largely in the for...

    W. Mansilla, D. Columbus, J. K. Htoo in Energy and protein metabolism and nutritio… (2013)