Plasma Insulin Concentrations in Parturient Cows
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- 1 April 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 56 (4), 459-464
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(73)85200-2
Abstract
Plasma insulin and glucose concentra- tions were higher prepartum (2 to 21 days) than postpartum in Jersey cows. Highest prepartum concentrations were in cows that later developed hypocal- cemia. Hypocalcemic cows showed low plasma insulin concentrations and high plasma glucose concentrations. Plasma insulin increased and plasma glucose de- creased after calcium borogluconate in- fusion in hypocalcemic but not in nor- mal animals. These results further define the altered hormonal state of parturient dairy cows and support previous in vivo and in vitro observations that physiologic concentrations of calcium are required for glucose stimulation of insulin secretion.Keywords
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