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Plasma levels of arginine vasotocin, prolactin, aldosterone and corticosterone during prolonged dehydration in the domestic flowl: effect of dietary NaCl

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    Three groups of White Plymouth Rock laying hens were adapted to three levels of dietary NaCl: low-NaCl food with tap water (LOW), high-NaCl food (1% NaCl w/w added) with tap water (HT), and high-NaCl food with 0.5% NaCl for drinking (HS). The birds were subjected to water deprivation (dehydration) for 18 days. Blood sampling was done at 2–4 day intervals. Plasma concentrations of arginine vasotocin (AVT), prolactin (PRL), aldosterone (ALDO) and corticosterone (CS) were determined by radioimmunoassay. Plasma osmolality, sodium, chloride, and potassium were also determined.

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    In the normally hydrated hens fully adapted to the diets, there was a stepwise increase from LOW to HS in plasma osmolality (305, 315, 332 mOsm, for LOW, HT and HS, respectively), [Na+] (144, 153, 161 mM) and [Cl−] (109, 119, 127 mM) as well as in [AVT] (6, 14, 18 pg/ml) and [PRL] (16, 24, 34 ng/ml). Regressing [AVT] on osmolality gave a slope of 0.30 pg·ml−1/mOsm and a threshold of 273 mOsm. The slope of [PRL] on osmolality was 0.73 ng·ml−1/mOsm. The correlation coefficient of [AVT] and [PRL] was 0.67. LOW had high [ALDO] (165 pg/ml) which was suppressed to low levels in HT and HS (5–8 pg/ml), while [CS] was the same in all groups (0.9–1.1 ng/ml). Plasma [K+] was decreased in the high-NaCl groups (5.8 mM in LOW, 4.4 and 4.7 mM in HT and HS).

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Abbreviations

ALDO :

aldosterone

AVT :

arginine vasotocin

PRL :

prolactin

CS :

corticosterone

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  1. Institute of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Bülowsvej 13, DK-1870, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    S. S. Árnason, G. E. Rice, A. Chadwick & E. Skadhauge

  2. Department of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    G. E. Rice & E. Skadhauge

  3. Department of Pure and Applied Zoology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK

    A. Chadwick

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LOW, HT and HS are used for groups of birds on different NaCl regimens: LOW onlow-NaCl food and tap water, HT onhigh-NaCl food andtap water, and HS onhigh-NaCl food andsalt-containing (0.5% NaCl) drinking water.

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Árnason, S.S., Rice, G.E., Chadwick, A. et al. Plasma levels of arginine vasotocin, prolactin, aldosterone and corticosterone during prolonged dehydration in the domestic flowl: effect of dietary NaCl. J Comp Physiol B 156, 383–397 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01101101

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