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Benz DA, Byers FM, Schelling GT, et al. Ionophores alter hepatic concentrations of intermediary carbohydrate metabolites in steers. J Anim Sci. 1989;67(9):2393-9doi: 10.2527/jas1989.6792393x.
Benz, D. A., Byers, F. M., Schelling, G. T., Greene, L. W., Lunt, D. K., & Smith, S. B. (1989). Ionophores alter hepatic concentrations of intermediary carbohydrate metabolites in steers. Journal of animal science, 67(9), 2393-9. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1989.6792393x
Benz, D A, et al. "Ionophores alter hepatic concentrations of intermediary carbohydrate metabolites in steers." Journal of animal science vol. 67,9 (1989): 2393-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1989.6792393x
Benz DA, Byers FM, Schelling GT, Greene LW, Lunt DK, Smith SB. Ionophores alter hepatic concentrations of intermediary carbohydrate metabolites in steers. J Anim Sci. 1989 Sep;67(9):2393-9. doi: 10.2527/jas1989.6792393x. PMID: 2599982.
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J Anim Sci. 1989 Sep;67(9):2393-9. doi: 10.2527/jas1989.6792393x.

Ionophores alter hepatic concentrations of intermediary carbohydrate metabolites in steers.

Journal of animal science

D A Benz, F M Byers, G T Schelling, L W Greene, D K Lunt, S B Smith

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  1. Texas A&M University, College Station.

PMID: 2599982 DOI: 10.2527/jas1989.6792393x

Abstract

The effects of ionophores on liver weight and function were determined in finishing steers (n = 24; avg weight 440 kg). Steers were group-fed one of three treatments (control, lasalocid or monensin at 33 mg/kg feed) for 46 d prior to slaughter. Three days prior to slaughter, blood was collected for the determination of serum Ca and Mg. At slaughter, the liver was removed, weighed, sampled, frozen in liquid nitrogen and subsequently analyzed for concentrations of carbohydrate metabolites and minerals. Liver weight (5.9 kg) was unaffected by treatment. Serum and hepatic Ca and Mg were not affected by ionophore treatment. Hepatic glycogen levels in steers fed ionophores were unaffected by treatment. Fructose 1,6-bisphosphate was 21% lower (P less than .10) in hepatic tissue of steers fed ionophores, whereas dihydroxyacetone phosphate was 15 to 37% greater in hepatic tissue of steers fed monensin (P less than .20) or lasalocid (P less than .10). Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate was elevated more extensively by lasalocid than by monensin with increases of 72 (P less than .05) and 132% (P less than .001), respectively, over controls. Glycerol 3-phosphate levels were 37% (P less than .05) and 12% (NS) greater with these ionophores. Hepatic levels of pyruvate were elevated 12 (NS) to 36% (P less than .17) for monensin and lasalocid. Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate levels were 25% lower (P less than .25) in hepatic tissue of steers fed ionophores than in hepatic tissue from control steers. Other metabolites of carbohydrate metabolism in hepatic tissue were not altered appreciably. Changes in levels of intermediary metabolites of carbohydrate metabolism suggest alterations in hepatic carbohydrate metabolism favoring gluconeogenesis in steers fed ionophores.

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