Amino Acids in Nutrition and Health: Amino Acids in the Nutrition of Companion, Zoo and Farm Animals

ISBN-13: 9783030544614 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 256 str.

Guoyao Wu

Spis treści

Prelims

Chapter 1:

One-carbon metabolism and development of the conceptus during pregnancy: Lessons from studies with sheep and pigs

 

Chapter 2:

Cell-specific expression of enzymes for serine biosynthesis and glutaminolysis in farm animals

 

Chapter 3:

Amino acids in beef cattle nutrition and production (author to be identified)

 

Chapter 4:

Amino acid nutrition and reproductive performance in ruminants

 

Chapter 5:

Amino acids in the nutrition and production of sheep and goats

 

Chapter 6:

Amino acids in swine nutrition and production

 

Chapter 7:

Amino acid nutrition and metabolism in chickens

 

Chapter 8:

Nutrition and functions of amino acids in fish

 

Chapter 9:

Nutrition and functions of amino acids in aquatic crustaceans

 

Chapter 10:

Amino acids in dog nutrition and health

 

Chapter 11:

Amino acids in the nutrition, metabolism, and health of domestic cats

 

Chapter 12:

Amino acid nutrition for optimum growth, development, reproduction, and health of zoo animals

 

 

 

O autorze

Guoyao Wu is a Distinguished Professor, University Faculty Fellow, and AgriLife Research Senior Faculty Fellow in the Department of Animal Science. He also holds appointments with the Graduate Faculty of Nutrition, the Departments of Systems Biology and Translational Medicine and Veterinary Integrative Biosciences.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in animal science from South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou, a master’s degree in animal nutrition from Beijing Agricultural University, and a master’s degree and doctorate in animal biochemistry from the University of Alberta in Canada. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry and nutrition at McGill University Medical School in Montreal, Canada, and at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Medical School in St. John’s, Canada.

Dr. Wu teaches graduate courses in protein metabolism and nutritional biochemistry. He conducts research in protein and amino acid metabolism at molecular, cellular, and whole body levels . The animal models used in his research include cattle, chicks, pigs, rats, and sheep

Blurb

This edited volume comprehensively highlights recent advances in the metabolism, nutrition, physiology, and pathobiology of amino acids in companion (dogs and cats), zoo (carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores), and farm (including cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, fish, and crustaceans) animals.  It enables readers to understand the crucial roles of amino acids and their metabolites in the growth, development, health, and metabolic diseases of these animals.  

 

Readers will learn from well-written chapters that amino acids are not only the building blocks of protein but are also signaling molecules and key regulators of gene expression and whole body homeostasis in companion, domestic, aquatic, and captive animals. The book also provides new and useful information on the optimum requirements of the animals for dietary amino acids. This knowledge will guide nutritional practices and daily management to improve the health and survival of all species and to enhance the productivity of livestock, poultry, and aquaculture enterprises worldwide to produce high-quality protein for human consumption.

 

Editor of this volume is an internationally recognized expert in the biochemistry, nutrition and physiology of amino acids. He has over 38 years of experience with research and teaching at world-class universities in the area of amino acid biochemistry, nutrition, and physiology. He has published more than 625 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 62 chapters in books, and authored two text/reference books, with an H-index of 117 and more than 55,000 citations in Google Scholar.

 

This publication is a useful reference for professionals and pet owners, as well as undergraduate and graduate students in animal science, aquaculture, zoology, wildlife, veterinary medicine, biology, biochemistry, food science, nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, and other related disciplines. In addition, all chapters provide general and specific references to amino acid nutrition and metabolism for researchers and practitioners in animal agriculture, aquaculture, zoos, biomedicine, and plant science, and for government policy makers.

Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.