STUDIES ON NORMAL AND DEPANCREATIZED DOMESTIC DUCKS

Abstract

Pancreatectomy of the duck did not result in any significant disturbance in the blood sugar level, the sugar tolerance curve, or in the response to the repeated sugar inj. The ingestion of pancreatin and raw pancreas inhibited the loss of wt. consequent to pancreatectomy. The sugar tolerance curves of fasted ducks were equally prolonged in both normal and depancreatized ducks, suggesting that a lack of insulin is not responsible for the diabetic curve of fasting. Fasting induced a greater ketosis in the normal duck than in the depancreatized duck. Phlorhizin adm. results in a more marked ketonemia in normal than in depancreatized ducks. The ketonemia of the fasted-normal duck is greater than that of similarly treated dogs.