Measurement of uric acid levels in chicken cecal contents

Poult Sci. 1980 Jun;59(6):1193-6. doi: 10.3382/ps.0591193.

Abstract

Uric acid levels in the cecal contents of White Leghorn males aged 6, 10, and 24 weeks of age were constant at approximately 2 mg/100 ml. Fecal samples obtained from these birds contained, respectively, 99, 107, and 156 mg/100 ml uric acid. The addition of growth promoting level of antibiotics or other feed additive to the ration of 10-week-old White Leghorn males had no effect upon cecal uric acid levels.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cecum / analysis*
  • Chickens / metabolism*
  • Feces / analysis
  • Male
  • Uric Acid / analysis*

Substances

  • Uric Acid