Blood levels of glucose and some α-keto acids in domestic animals and the fowl

1. 1. Levels of glucose, pyruvate and α-ketoglutarate were followed in whole blood of domestic animals (horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, rabbits, dogs and cats) and fowl. 2. 2. Glycaemia was assayed by the o-toluidine method 3. 3. α-Keto acids were determined by the 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone method and the single hydrazones were separated by paper-chromatography. 4. 4. Mean blood values for glucose and α-keto acids in individual species were tabulated.