Overview
- Comprehensively covers the metabolism and nutrition of amino acids in companion, zoo, and farm animals
- Addresses the crucial roles of amino acids in improving the health, well-being, and productivity of companion, zoo and farm animals
- Provides practical solutions through amino acid nutrition to prevent and treat metabolic and infectious diseases in companion, zoo and farm animals
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 1285)
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Chapter 7 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Amino Acids in Nutrition and Health
Book Subtitle: Amino Acids in the Nutrition of Companion, Zoo and Farm Animals
Editors: Guoyao Wu
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54462-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54461-4Published: 27 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-54464-5Published: 29 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-54462-1Published: 26 March 2021
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 256
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Immunology, Medicine/Public Health, general, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, general, Nutrition