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STOMACH MOTILITY IN INSULIN‐TREATED SHEEP
Author(s) -
Ali T. M.,
Nicholson T.,
Singleton A. G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1976.sp002363
Subject(s) - ruminating , abomasum , rumination , reticulum , motility , medicine , rumen , stomach , insulin , endocrinology , biology , zoology , biochemistry , genetics , cognition , endoplasmic reticulum , neuroscience , fermentation
The effect of insulin‐induced hypoglycaemia on the motility of the reticulum, rumen and abomasum of sheep was investigated using small lightly inflated balloons connected to transducers and a multichannel recorder. The principle response recorded was an inhibition of reticulo‐ruminal and abomasal motility, occurring in ‘resting’ cycles only, and not during eating or rumination. The only hypermotility recorded was that shown by the abomasum just before the onset of inhibition. Ruminating cycles were recorded as frequently during hypoglycaemia as in control periods, and showed no abnormality. The inhibition was reversed by intravenous glucose or adrenaline and by feeding or ruminating.