title: Measurement of uric acid levels in chicken cecal contents.
abstract: Uric acid levels in the cecal contents of White Leghorn males aged 6, 10, and 24 weeks of age were constant at approximately 2 mg/100 ml. Fecal samples obtained from these birds contained, respectively, 99, 107, and 156 mg/100 ml uric acid. The addition of growth promoting level of antibiotics or other feed additive to the ration of 10-week-old White Leghorn males had no effect upon cecal uric acid levels.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002432:Cecum / Q000032:analysis*; D002645:Chickens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014527:Uric Acid