Secretion of homoarginine into the gut of chickens.

摘要

The secretion of homoarginine into the gut was assessed in 12 broilers i.v. infused with 20 and 40 mmol/litre homoarginine. The plasma concentrations of homoarginine increased with increasing concentrations of homoarginine infused. However, only negligible levels of homoarginine (7.0 to 45.2 鎔/g DM) were found in the digesta. Less than 0.01% of the i.v. infused homoarginine was recovered in the intestinal digesta, indicating that the secretion of homoarginine into the gut of chickens was insignificant.