The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of immune challenge on protein metabolism and protein turnover by lipopolysaccaride-induced immune challenge and 15N?Glycine single-dose urine end-product method.
It is a single-factor design,that is, it consists of three treatments: control, LPS-challenged and pair-fed.The pair-fed received the same amount of feed as the LPS-challenged. Weanling pigs were either intramuscular injection with Escherichia colt lipopolysaccharide (LPS,200 u ...