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Intravenous injection of crystalline glucagon caused a prompt elevation of plasma FFA and blood sugar in geese, ducks, turkeys, and roosters. The FFA response in geese, for doses between 1 and 100 μg/kg showed a highly significant correlation with the logarithm of the dose (r = 0.981, p<0.01). The relative changes in FFA concentration, for a given dose of glucagon, were greater than the relative blood sugar changes. These observations indicate that glucagon may play a role in the process of fat mobilization in birds.
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