• Palmitoleic acid reduces intramuscular lipid and restores insulin sensitivity in obese sheep 

      Duckett, Susan; Volpi Lagreca, Gabriela; Alende, Mariano; Long, Nathan (Dove Medical Press, 2014-11-20)
      Se utilizaron ovejas obesas para evaluar los efectos de la infusión de ácido palmitoleico (C16: 1 cis-9) sobre la lipogénesis y los niveles de insulina circulante. La infusión de 10 mg / kg de peso corporal (PC) / día C16: ...
    • The effects of dietary nitrate on plasma glucose and insulin sensitivity in sheep 

      Villar, Maria Laura; Godwin, Ian R.; Hegarty, Roger S.; Dobos, Robin Christopher; Smith, Katherine A.; Clay, Jonathon W.; Nolan, John V. (Wiley Online Library, 2019-07)
      Nitrate (NO3 ¯) is an effective non‐protein nitrogen source for gut microbes and reduces enteric methane (CH4) production in ruminants. Nitrate is reduced to ammonia by rumen bacteria with nitrite (NO2 ¯) produced as an ...