nitrogen balance

The difference between the amount of nitrogen ingested by an animal or taken in by the soil and the amount excreted or lost.

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ni′trogen bal`ance

the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost.

[1940–45]

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nitrogen balance - the balance between the amount of nitrogen taken in (to the soil or the body) and the amount given off (lost or excreted)

balance - a state of equilibrium

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Studies evaluating the safety and efficacy of hypocaloric nutrition regimens in the acutely ill obese have demonstrated an ability to achieve positive nitrogen balance and heal wounds (Burge, Goon, & Choban, 1994; Choban, Burge, & Flancbaum, 1997; Dickerson, Rosato, & Mullen, 1986).

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Animals in neutral nitrogen balance typically show fractionations ranging from +2% to 5% (DeNiro and Epstein 1981) between dietary nitrogen and tissue nitrogen.

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of diets with high methionine content on growth performance, health status, nutrient digestibility and nitrogen balance in Arctic foxes, and to identify the maximum recommended inclusion rates of this amino acid in diets fed to farmed foxes.

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The impact of subsidy policies on controlling nitrate pollution at farm land in Zabol County Sistan Province, Iran

[27.] Pheng Buntha, Khieu Borin, Preston TR and B Ogle Digestibility and Nitrogen balance studies in pigs fed diets with ensiled Taro (Colocasia esculenta) leaves as replacement for fish meal.

Nitrogen balance and morphometric traits of weanling pigs fed graded levels of wild sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) leaf meal

In the nonmigratory state both species ate less, lost body mass, and had more negative nitrogen balance as dietary protein decreased.

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