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Variation in plasma glucose and free fatty acid concentrations in sheep associated with season, pregnancy and lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. M. F. Leat
W. M. F. Leat
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge
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Plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations are generally a reflexion of the extent of mobilization of depot fats (Frederickson & Gordon, 1958). In non-fasted sheep values are low, usually in the region of 100–200 μ-equiv./litre plasma, but occasionally values up to 500 μ-equiv./litre have been noted in fed, unstressed sheep (Leat & Ford, 1966). To obtain information on the variation in the concentration of plasma glucose and FFA, sheep were studied over a period of two seasons.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , February 1974 , pp. 181 - 184
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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