Author:
REYNAERT R.,DE PAEPE M.,MARCUS S.,PEETERS G.
Abstract
SUMMARY
The influence of intravenous injections or infusions of insulin (0·2 i.u./kg), propranolol (150 mg), 3,5-dimethylpyrazole (3 mg/kg), 3,5-dimethylisoxazole (0·08 mg/kg), glucose (0·5 g/kg), nicotinic acid (120 mg/kg), arginine (0·5 g/kg) or butyrate (0·5 mmol/kg) on plasma glucose levels, and on serum concentrations of growth hormone and free fatty acids of lactating cows was investigated. In all of these experiments we noted an increase in the level of growth hormone. This increase was not a direct consequence of alterations in the glucose concentration, since the growth hormone peak occurred both during a decrease (insulin, 3,5-dimethylisoxazole, nicotinic acid and butyrate tests), and during an increase of the glucose level (glucose, arginine and propranolol tests), whereas the glucose concentration remained unchanged during the 3,5-dimethylpyrazole experiments. However, in each instance a precipitous fall of the free fatty acid level was noted.
The glucose, growth hormone, and free fatty acid levels of lactating cows were not affected by either i.v. injection or infusion of saline.
Subject
Endocrinology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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