Repeated post-exercise administration with a mixture of leucine and glucose alters the plasma amino acid profile in Standardbred trotters

Abstract

Conclusions: Repeated post-exercise administration with a mixture of leucine and glucose caused a marked insulin response and altered the plasma amino acid profile in horses in a similar manner as described in man. However, the decreases seen in plasma amino acids in horses seem to be related more to an effect of leucine and not to the insulin response as seen in man.

Keywords

horse; exercise; amino acid; leucine; glucose; insulin

Published in

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
2012, volume: 54, article number: 7
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD

SLU Authors

• Nostell, Katarina

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Essen-Gustavsson, Birgitta

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Bröjer, Johan

  • Department of Clinical Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Clinical Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-54-7

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/45745