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Studies on the effect of insulin injection on the blood sugar of falcon

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    The falcon is sensitive to insulin doses.

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    Twenty and thirty international units of protamine-zinc-insulin are injected in falcon intravenously in the wing vein.

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    The blood sugar level begins to decrease five minutes after the injection. The decrease continues for four hours then increase follows till the normal level is reached seven hours after the injection.

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    A. E. I. Algauhari

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Algauhari, A.E.I. Studies on the effect of insulin injection on the blood sugar of falcon. Zeitschrift für vergleichende Physiologie 52, 145–148 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00343158

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