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  • Title: Electrical PD, short-circuit current and fluxes of Na and Cl across avian intestine.
    Author: Grubb BR, Driscoll SM, Bentley PJ.
    Journal: J Comp Physiol B; 1987; 157(2):181-6. PubMed ID: 3571571.
    Abstract:
    In vitro measurements were made of transmural potential difference (PD), short-circuit current (Isc), resistance and unidirectional fluxes of 22Na and 36Cl across the duodenum, jejunum, ileum and colon of normal sodium-replete domestic fowl (Gallus domesticus). The PD ranged from about 1 mV across the duodenum to 8 mV across the colon while the Isc was, respectively, 2.8 and 64 microA X cm-2. The jejunum and ileum exhibited values between these extremes. Unidirectional fluxes (under short-circuit conditions) of Na and Cl were lowest across the duodenum where there was no evidence of active transport of these ions. Unidirectional fluxes of Na and Cl were less across the jejunum than across the ileum or colon. A net active transport of Na (but not Cl) was observed in the ileum (= 106% of the Isc) and colon (= 50% of Isc). The possible physiological significance of these observations in the domestic fowl are discussed and are compared to that of a mammal, the rabbit.
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