COMPOSITION OF THE REGENERATING LIVER AFTER PARTIAL HEPATECTOMY IN NORMAL AND PROTEIN-DEPLETED RATS

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Liver tissue, when fed to partially hepatec-tomized rats, facilitates the regeneration of the rats'' liver. Of 51 partially hepatectomized rats, 22 were fed coagulated pigs'' liver, and 29 were fed a stock diet ad lib. At operation, the removed lobes were weighed, and the amt. of liver left was calculated (as being 3.5% of the total). After 10 days, 20538-20548 ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY[long dash]DIGESTIVE SYSTEM [Vol. 22] 2076 the rats were sacrificed and their restored livers weighed. The liver increment gained by the rats fed pigs'' liver averaged 0.5 g. dry wt. more than the controls, or were about 1/3 larger. The rats compared were of similar body wt., and none of these rats lost over 15 g. in the 10 days. The data were statistically "significant.".

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