
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Teleni, E 
A1  - Annison, EF 
T1  - Development of a Sheep Hind-Limb Muscle Preparation for Metabolic Studies
JF  - Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
JO  - Aust. Jnl. Of Bio. Sci.
Y1  - 1986
VL  - 39
IS  - 3
SP  - 271
EP  - 282
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9860271 
N2  - A sheep hind-limb preparation used for the study of muscle metabolism by arteriovenous (A V) difference procedures was validated by identifying the muscles which contribute to venous drainage at different positions along the lateral saphenous vein. Dissection of the hind limbs of six mature sheep (three wethers and three ewes) showed that venous blood from the plantar group (M. gastrocnemius, M. soleus, M. plantaris, M. flexo digitorum profundus), and from M. semitendinosus, M. biceps femoris, M. gracilis, M. pectineus and M. adductor muscles entered the lateral saphenous vein but the position of the tip of the blood sampling catheter was found to be critical. In order to sample venous blood from all of the muscles listed above, and to minimize the contribution of blood from non-muscular tissues, blood samples must be taken 25-26 cm from the junction of the cranial and caudal branches of the lateral saphenous vein (for average size sheep of body length about 108 cm and height at withers about 73 cm). 
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