Abstract |
Pancreata from 19 hypoglycemic field broilers with spiking mortality syndrome and 19 clinically normal field broilers with normal blood glucose levels were collected and quick-frozen in liquid nitrogen immediately after the chicks were bled and killed. All chicks were 16 days old and were of the same genetic cross. Pancreata were weighed, and acid-alcohol extractions were made on each specimen. Radioimmunoassays for glucagon levels were made on each extract. Mean pancreatic glucagon content of the hypoglycemic chicks was depressed 14-fold (93.1%) compared with that of the non- hypoglycemic group. There was a close correlation between plasma glucose levels and pancreatic glucagon levels (P = 0.0001).
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Authors | J F Davis, R Vasilatos-Younken |
Journal | Avian diseases
(Avian Dis)
1995 Apr-Jun
Vol. 39
Issue 2
Pg. 417-9
ISSN: 0005-2086 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7677666
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Animals
- Chickens
- Glucagon
(metabolism)
- Hypoglycemia
(metabolism, veterinary)
- Organ Size
- Pancreas
(metabolism)
- Poultry Diseases
(blood, metabolism, mortality)
- Syndrome
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