Acute | Chronic | ||||||||
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Dietary nitrogen | MPI | RPI | MPI | RPI | |||||
(% of ingested) in: | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Stat effect a |
GI tract b | 7.9a | 0.9 | 10.1b | 1.2 | 7.8a | 0.5 | 9.4b | 0.9 | PS: P < 0.0001 |
Hepatic pools c | 14.8 | 1.8 | 15.1 | 1.8 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 14.6 | 1.4 | NS |
Visceral organs d | 23.8 | 2.5 | 26.5 | 2.8 | 23.6 | 2.5 | 25.2 | 1.6 | PS: P < 0.05 |
Peripheral pools e | 36.7 | 7.5 | 34.0 | 3.6 | 35.4 | 7.4 | 31.8 | 2.8 | NS |
Total incorporation | 60.4 | 7.8 | 60.4 | 6.2 | 59.0 | 9.5 | 56.9 | 4.1 | NS |