... Lindsay, D.B. and West, C.F. (1967) Rates of entry and oxidation of acetate, glucose, D(-)ß-hydroxybutyrate, palmitate, oleate and stearate and rates of production and oxidation of propionate and butyrate ... Quantitative Aspects of Ruminant Digestion and Metabolism, 2nd edition (eds J. Dijkstra, J.M. Forbes and J. France)291In fasted, pregnant and lactating sheep about 26%, 30% and 16%, re-spectively, of ... (Weigland et al., 1972). Thus, half of the ruminal propionate ismetabolized within the gut.Table 11.5. Summary of the interconversions of lactate and glucose in sheep (data fromReilly and Chandrasena,...