Urea Concentration in Collared Peccary Milk as an Indicator of Protein Nutritional Status

R. L. Lochmiller; E. C. Hellgren; W. E. Grant; L. W. Varner

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.518

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1 July 1987 Urea Concentration in Collared Peccary Milk as an Indicator of Protein Nutritional Status

R. L. Lochmiller, E. C. Hellgren, W. E. Grant, L. W. Varner

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 23(3):518-520 (1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.518

Abstract

Milk urea nitrogen (UN) concentration was examined as a possible index to protein-energy intake in female collared peccaries (Tayassu tajacu). Captive adults were bred and assigned to one of four experimental diets through gestation and lactation. Females fed a high protein diet produced milk with UN concentrations exceeding those of low-protein-fed females. A low energy intake tended to elevate UN concentrations in milk.

Lochmiller, Hellgren, Grant, and Varner: Urea Concentration in Collared Peccary Milk as an Indicator of Protein Nutritional Status

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R. L. Lochmiller, E. C. Hellgren, W. E. Grant, and L. W. Varner "Urea Concentration in Collared Peccary Milk as an Indicator of Protein Nutritional Status," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 23(3), 518-520, (1 July 1987). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-23.3.518

Received: 29 August 1986; Published: 1 July 1987

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