Effect of Diet on Plasma Insulin and Glucose Levels of Newly Hatched Chicks[*]

Abstract

The effect of feeding mash, high-fat diet or fasting of day old chicks on plasma glucose and insulin concentrations was determined. Both plasma glucose and insulin increased on mash feeding with a significant correlation. Although high-fat diet feeding and fasting increased plasma glucose level, plasma insulin did not change in high-fat diet fed and decreased in fasted chicks. These changes are consistent with the well known surge in lipogenesis that occurs during the first week after hatching on mash feeding.

Key words

Day Old Chicks - Mash or High-Fat-Diet-Feeding - Fasting - Plasma Glucose and Insulin

1 This work was supported in part by NIH grants AM 05410-10 and 5 T 01 GM 00293.

1 This work was supported in part by NIH grants AM 05410-10 and 5 T 01 GM 00293.