URINARY EXCRETION OF UREA, URIC ACID AND AMMONIA IN PYGOSCELLIDAE PENGUINS
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https://doi.org/10.5380/avs.v4i1.3789Abstract
Foi conduzido um estudo sobre os níveis de excreção urinária de produtos finais do metabolismo nitrogenado em 29 pingüins Pygoscellidae: Pygoscellis antarctica, n = 2; P. adeliae, n = 16, e P. papua, n = 11. De acordo com os resultados obtidos, verificou-se que apesar dessas aves excretarem ácido úrico como principal produto final do seu metabolismo nitrogenado, os altos níveis de uréia sangüínea que exibem bem como o fato de possuírem uma arginase hepática de alta afinidade, comparável com aquela do fígado de mamíferos utilizados como animais de laboratório, podem ser considerados como evidências da atividade ureogênica exibida por elas.
Abstract
In order to carry out further studies on the nitrogen metabolism in Antarctic birds, a study has been carried out on the levels of nitrogenous excretory products in the urine of 29 Pygoscellidae penguins: Pygoscellis antarctica, n = 2; P. adeliae, n = 16, and P. papua, n = 11. According to the results of the present experiment, it has been found that in spite of the fact that those birds excrete uric acid as the main final product of the nitrogen metabolism, the high levels of blood urea displayed by them as well as the fact that they possess an hepatic arginase of high affinity, comparable to the liver arginase from laboratory mammals, may be considered as evidences of the ureogenic activity displayed by them.
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