Restricted feed intake influences thyroid hormone production and peripheral deiodination in chickens
1989
Bartha, T. | Rudas, P. | Fekete, S. | Pethes, G. (University of Veterinary Science, Budapest (Hungary))
Thyroid hormones are of major importance in determining metabolic state both in mammals and in birds. Whether or not feed intake itself has an autoregulatory role in adjusting the setpoint of thyroidhormone activity is yet not well understood. The present work investigates the effects of restricted feed intake on the serum levels and on the peripheral metabolism of thyroid hormones. Also, the sensitivity of the pituitary-thyroid axis was looked at by means of thyrotropin releasing hormone provocation test. Several groups of Hunniahybrid chickens aged 2-6 weeks were used. Restriction was made by providing the experimental animals 70 and 85 per cent of the amount of food consumed in the ad libitum fed control group. It was found that feed restriction lowers circulating concentration of triiodothyronine probably by inhibiting the activity of liver deiodinase and also decreases the sensitivity of thyroid economy aer affected by feed restriction.
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