caa a22 4500 388061375 CHVBK 20180307125121.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199802 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1357729800009061 doi S1357729800009061 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1357729800009061 Flushing of mink (Mustela vison): effects on energy metabolism and some blood metabolites [Elektronische Daten] Energy metabolism during flushing of mink (Mustela vison) in relation to a control group was studied by means of combining pooled data from balance and respiration experiments carried out in 1993 (experiment I) and 1994 (experiment II) and some blood metabolites from experiment II. The experiments, which were divided into six 1-week balance periods, started on 7 February and continued until 22 March. Flushing was performed by restricted feeding in periods 2 and 3 and refeeding in periods 4 and 5. Each balance period included a 24-h measurement of heat production by means of indirect calorimetry in open-air circuit respiration chambers. In experiment II blood samples were taken at weekly intervals and analysed for total triiodothyronine, total thyroxine, free thyroxine, glucose, insulin and fructosamine. Generally, intake of digestible nutrients and energy metabolism measurements within the flushed group were strongly influenced by period (energy supply), whereas they remained stable in the control group and differences between treatment groups over the total experiment were non-significant. The fluctuation in energy status induced by flushing did not involve major changes in body weight. Blood metabolites reflected the food intake by being fairly stable in the control group and decreasing during restriction and increasing during refeeding in the flushed group (P < 0·05). As an effect of flushing the number of corpora lutea increased significantly (P < 0·05). Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1998 blood chemistry nationallicence corpus luteum nationallicence energy balance nationallicence flushing nationallicence mink nationallicence Fink R. Department of Animal Science and Animal Health, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark Tauson A.-H Department of Animal Science and Animal Health, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark Animal Science Cambridge University Press 66/1(1998-02), 277-284 1357-7298 66:1<277 1998 66 ASC https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800009061 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1357729800009061 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fink R. Department of Animal Science and Animal Health, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tauson A.-H Department of Animal Science and Animal Health, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Animal Science Cambridge University Press 66/1(1998-02), 277-284 1357-7298 66:1<277 1998 66 ASC CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge