@article{suvarna_christensen_ort_croom_2004, title={Ontogeny of intestinal glucose transport in heavy and light body weight turkey poults}, volume={3}, ISBN={1682-8356}, DOI={10.3923/ijps.2004.783.790}, abstractNote={Development of intestinal tissue was measured in newly hatched poults. Both anatomical and physiological measurements were made on poults produced by two half sibling sires with hens that were their full or half siblings. The poults from one sire (HBW) weighed more at hatching than those from the other sire (LBW). Survival of the heavier poults was poor indicating metabolic insufficiencies. A significant positive correlation was noted between hatchling body weights and blood glucose concentration (Christensen et al., 2000a), and this was accompanied by depressed gluconeogenesis in HBW poults. The hypothesis was proposed that the HBW poults with elevated plasma glucose concentrations might have greater glucose absorption from intestinal tissue than did the LBW poults. The data confirmed heavier weights in HBW poults than LBW, and HBW jejunum weight relative to body weight was less than that of LBW. The poults did not differ in intestinal length, glucose transport, maltase activities or plasma triiodothyronine and thyroxine or glucose concentrations. The HBW poults also utilized less yolk during development than did the LBW indicating that the HBW embryos rely more on gluconeogenesis for survival during development than do the LBW. It was concluded that the increased body weight of HBW poults compared to LBW may be due to increased absorption of all nutrients because of a greater intestinal mass relative to body weight rather than to differences in glucose digestion and uptake rates.}, number={12}, journal={International Journal of Poultry Science}, author={Suvarna, S. and Christensen, V. L. and Ort, D. T. and Croom, W. J.}, year={2004}, pages={783} }
 @article{christensen_ort_suvarna_croom_grimes_2003, title={Relationship of the eggshell conductance constant to intestinal physiology}, volume={2}, ISBN={1682-8356}, DOI={10.3923/ijps.2003.207.213}, abstractNote={The hypothesis was proposed that eggshell conductance constants (k) alter embryonic intestinal development and affect growth post hatching. Egg weight (EW), eggshell conductance (G) and length of the incubation period (IP), the three components of the conductance constant were changed to determine their effect on intestinal physiology. Eggs were selected based on EW and G properties. Half of the selected eggs were incubated using a single stage temperature profile to shorten IP in each of two experiments. EW, G and IP interacted in the first experiment to affect intestinal growth and metabolism. In Experiment 2, k reduced intestinal weight in embryos as well as poults. EW and IP affected the size and maturity of intestinal tissue at the time of hatching. Differences in EW, G and IP observed at hatching were shown to affect the growth of poults for the first week following hatching. Thus, k may act to reduce growth in poults by affecting intestinal maturation. It is suggested that large eggs with low permeability may be at risk for weak poults. This may be especially true when they are exposed to shorter IP.}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Poultry Science}, author={Christensen, V. L. and Ort, D. T. and Suvarna, S. and Croom, W. J. and Grimes, J. L.}, year={2003}, pages={207} }