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Measurement of endogenous allantoin excretion in sheep urine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Anna M. Antoniewicz  and
P. M. Pisulewski
Anna M. Antoniewicz
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Production, Sarego 2, 31–047 Krakow, Poland
P. M. Pisulewski
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Production, Sarego 2, 31–047 Krakow, Poland
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Urinary allantoin, an end product of purine base metabolism, originates in sheep from three possible sources: exogenous, purine bases of rumen microorganisms and feed purines and ureides, and endogenous, purines catabolized in tissue turnover. Earlier studies suggested that nucleic acid purines of rumen micro-organisms may be a predominant source of urinary allantoin (Antoniewicz, Heinemann & Hanks, 1979, 1981).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 98 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 221 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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