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Lipid production rates and the pathogenesis of fatty liver in fasted cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

I. M. Reid ,
R. A. Collins ,
G. D. Baird ,
C. J. Roberts  and
H. W. Symonds
I. M. Reid
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
R. A. Collins
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
G. D. Baird
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
C. J. Roberts
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
H. W. Symonds
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire, RG16 ONN
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Summary

Lipid production across the liver was measured in catheterized dairy cows in vivo in the fed state and during 6 days of fasting. Production rates were calculated from the lipid concentrations in arterial, portal and hepatic-venous plasma and from the rates of plasma flow in the portal vein and the hepatic veins.

There was a consistent net hepatic output of triacylglycerol and a net hepatic uptake of free fatty acids in the fed state.

In the fasted state there was a significant change to a net hepatic uptake of triacylglycerol and an increased hepatic uptake of free fatty acids. Both factors are likely to result in an accumulation of triacylglycerol in the liver.

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 93 , Issue 1 , August 1979 , pp. 253 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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