Effects of L-alanine injection and post-hatch deprivation of feed and water on glycogen reserves in turkey poults.
1. Glycogen concentration (mg/g) in liver, epiphyseal bone (proximal femoral chondyle) and toe (first medial phalanges) declined during post-hatch holding of poults fir up to 72 hr without feed and water. 2. Muscle (gastrocnemius) glycogen concentration was unchanged by post-hatch holding. 3. Glycogen concentration (mg/g) in the whole body was unchanged while whole body glycogen (total mg) content was decreased by holding. 4. Injections of 1 ml of 1 M L-alanine did not enhance whole body glycogen stores.
Donaldson
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Department of Poultry Science, N.C. State University Raleigh, 27695-7608.
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D000409:Alanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*; D006003:Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D008112:Liver Glycogen / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D014422:Turkeys / Q000378:metabolism*; D014868:Water Deprivation / Q000502:physiology*
D008112:Liver Glycogen; D006003:Glycogen; D000409:Alanine