[Changes in carbohydrate metabolism in hens experimentally infected with Pasteurella multocida kokoshki]

Studied were the concentration of blood sugar, the activity of glucose-6-phosphatase and glucose-6-phosphatedehydrogenase, and the level of glycogen in the liver of P. multocida infected chickens. An abrupt decrease of the liver glycogen was found as well as a negligible rise of the blood sugar. The activity of glucose-6-phosphatase remained unchanged, and that of glucose-6-dehydrogenase was twice as high. It is concluded that the intense exhaustion of liver glycogen is in connection with the activation of the pentosephosphate pathway.