Amino acid uptake in chickens subjected to increasing levels of quantitative food restriction.
1. Three groups of cockerels were reared from 3 to 11 weeks of age on increasingly severe quantitative food restriction treatments, resulting in body-weight values of 12, 19 and 27% below that of a control group which was fed ab lib. 2. The rate of uptake of L-arginine, glycine, L-lysine and L-phenylalanine was measured in vitro using intestinal rings, over a 5 min incubation period. 3. Uptake of L-arginine was significantly increased with increasing degrees of body-weight restriction. This amino acid and L-lysine were the only two to show a significantly enhanced uptake rate as a result of the restriction treatments. 4. No significant differences were noted in the case of glycine or L-phenylalanine uptake following food restriction, indicating a certain selectivity in the alteration of absorption rates following food restriction, when such tests are conducted in vitro.
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000378:metabolism; D002645:Chickens; D005508:Food Deprivation; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008239:Lysine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male
D000596:Amino Acids; D001120:Arginine; D008239:Lysine