Pande D N, Nagchaudhuri J
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol. 1979 Jan-Mar;23(1):15-20.
The affect of feeding jowar (Sorghum vulgare) was investigated in day old chicks for the periods of 10 and 30 days. Similar chicks serving as controls were fed on Hindlever Poultry feed. The jowar fed chicks showed marked reduction in growth, poor development of comb and feathers, and symptoms of nicotinic acid deficiency. Biochemical investigations showed that plasma alpha-amino nitrogen was significantly reduced in jowar fed groups, indicating the deficiency of utilisable proteins in these chicks. The blood sugar levels in chicks fed on jowar for 10 and 30 days were significantly higher as compared to the respective controls. Liver glycogen in 10 days jowar fed chicks was significantly greater than in the control group. These observations have been explained to be due to reduced utilization of glucose through glycolysis.
在1日龄雏鸡中研究了喂食高粱（Sorghum vulgare）10天和30天的影响。将相似的雏鸡作为对照，喂食Hindlever家禽饲料。喂食高粱的雏鸡生长明显减缓，鸡冠和羽毛发育不良，并出现烟酸缺乏症状。生化研究表明，喂食高粱的组血浆α-氨基氮显著降低，表明这些雏鸡缺乏可利用的蛋白质。与相应对照组相比，喂食高粱10天和30天的雏鸡血糖水平显著更高。喂食高粱10天的雏鸡肝脏糖原显著高于对照组。这些观察结果被解释为是由于糖酵解导致葡萄糖利用率降低所致。
