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Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 88-114-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station); 527; Dairy; Glucose; Starch; Dextrin; Small intestine
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Glucose, Starch, And Dextrin Utilization In The Small Intestine Of Steers (1987), K.K. Kreikmeier, D.L. Harmon, T.B. Avery, Robert T. Brandt Jr.
Glucose, Starch, And Dextrin Utilization In The Small Intestine Of Steers (1987), K.K. Kreikmeier, D.L. Harmon, T.B. Avery, Robert T. Brandt Jr.
Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Reports
Holstein steers (775 lbs) were surgically fitted with abomasal and ileal cannulae, portal and mesenteric venous catheters, and an elevated carotid artery. These steers were used to study starch digestion in the small intestine. Glucose, corn starch, and corn dextrin were infused into the abomasum at various levels and ileal digesta samples were collected. Disappearance of carbohydrate (CHO) in the small intestine was determined using Cr:EDTA as an indigestible marker. Blood samples were collected from the portal vein and carotid artery during carbohydrate infusion. Blood flow was determined, and net glucose absorption across the small intestine was calculated. Glucose infusions …