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Marasmus is commonly represented by a shrunken, wasted appearance, loss of muscle mass, and subcutaneous fat mass in adult survivors, due to a deficiency in macronutrients and caloric intake (specifically protein) that impact development.
Double-muscled cattle are breeds of cattle that carry one of seven known mutations that limits and reduces the activity of the myostatin protein. Normally, myostatin limits the number of muscle fibers present at birth, and interfering with activity of this protein causes animals to be born with higher numbers of muscle fibers, consequently augmenting muscle growth.
As there is no protein or amino acid storage provision, amino acids must be present in the diet. Excess amino acids are discarded, typically in the urine. For all animals, some amino acids are essential (an animal cannot produce them internally) and some are non-essential (the animal can produce them from other nitrogen-containing compounds). A ...
Osteophagy is the practice in which animals, usually herbivores, consume bones. Most vegetation around the world lacks sufficient amounts of phosphate . [ 1 ] Phosphorus is an essential mineral for all animals, as it plays a major role in the formation of the skeletal system , and is necessary for many biological processes including: energy ...
database of comparative protein structure models Protein model databases SIMAP: database of protein similarities computed using FASTA: Protein model databases Swiss-model: server and repository for protein structure models Protein model databases AAindex: database of amino acid indices, amino acid mutation matrices, and pair-wise contact potentials
An 8-month-old tiger cub was recently rescued from an undisclosed private facility, where she was found with at least 10 bone fractures caused from a poor diet.
D-Bifunctional protein deficiency is an autosomal recessive peroxisomal fatty acid oxidation disorder. Peroxisomal disorders are usually caused by a combination of peroxisomal assembly defects or by deficiencies of specific peroxisomal enzymes. The peroxisome is an organelle in the cell similar to the lysosome that functions to detoxify the cell.
A low-protein diet is a diet in which people decrease their intake of protein. A low-protein diet is used as a therapy for inherited metabolic disorders, such as phenylketonuria and homocystinuria , and can also be used to treat kidney or liver disease.