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Tissue and whole-body oxygen uptake in fed and fasted steers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. H. Eisemann  and
J. A. Nienaber
J. H. Eisemann
Affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska Meat Animal Research Center, PO Box 166, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933, USA
J. A. Nienaber
Affiliation:
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Roman L. Hruska Meat Animal Research Center, PO Box 166, Clay Center, Nebraska 68933, USA
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The effect of feeding v. fasting, on tissue blood flow, oxygen uptake and proportional contributions of the portal drained viscera (PDV), liver (Expts 1 and 2) and hindquarters (HQ; Expt 2) to whole-body O2 uptake were studied in beef steers. The combined techniques of indirect calorimetry and net tissue flux, the latter being the product of arterio-venous concentration difference and blood flow, were used in the experiments. In response to fasting, whole-body O2 consumption decreased as did O2 uptake by all measured tissues except the liver (trend only in Expt 1). Blood flow to all measured tissues decreased during fasting and fractional uptake of O2 decreased in PDV and increased in liver and HQ (Expt 2). Proportional contribution of specific tissues to whole-body O2 uptake changed when animals were switched from the fed to the fasted state. The percentage consumed by PDV decreased from 25.4 to 19.9, by liver increased from 20.5 to 26.4 and by HQ was unchanged (9.6 and 10.5) in Expt 2. These significant responses in Expt 2 were observed as trends in Expt 1. The changes in proportional contribution of tissues to whole-animal O2 uptake reflect the changing metabolic role of specific tissues to lack of food supply. These findings emphasize the central role of the liver in metabolism and indicate that fasting (catabolic) measurements may not reflect the previous fed (anabolic) physiological state.

Keywords

Blood flowFastingOxygen uptakeCattle
Type
Energy Metabolism
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , September 1990 , pp. 399 - 411
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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