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  • Title: Dietary iodine and accumulation of radioiodine in thyroids of chickens.
    Author: Newcomer WS.
    Journal: Am J Physiol; 1978 Feb; 234(2):E168-76. PubMed ID: 623292.
    Abstract:
    Groups of hatchling white leghorn cockerels were fed a basic, semisynthetic low-iodine diet to which various amounts of iodide were added: 0 up to 100 microgram I/g feed. Growth rates were unaffected by the range of dietary iodine content. A transitory goiter occurred only in the group fed the basic low-I diet. Half-life of 131I in the thyroid increased directly and fractional turnover rate inversely with increase of dietary iodine. Trichloroacetic acid-soluble iodine in serum did not accurately reflect variation of dietary iodine. However, effective clearance and binding rate constants did decrease proportionally to dietary iodine increase beyond the first 3-5 days. Concentration of iodine in thyroid was directly proportional to dietary iodine after 10 days. There was no consistent correlation between thyroxine or triiodothyronine and dietary iodine except in general terms of high and low dietary iodine groups. The avian thyroid exhibits great lability in adjusting functionally to a wide range of dietary iodine contents.
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