Table 3.

Umbilical blood and plasma flow, plasma lysine concentrations, and umbilical lysine uptake in fetal lambs

	Control	Hypoglycemic	Recovery
Umbilical blood flow, ml·min−1·kg−1	204.8±15.9	225.3±25.2	229.9±10.6
Umbilical plasma flow, ml·min−1·kg−1	135.0±11.7	148.3±17.1	160.8±10.6
Umbilical vein plasma lysine, μmol/l	91.8±11.2b	152.8±16.0a	64.5±9.6b
Arterial plasma lysine, μmol/l	74.5±9.9b	139.2±16.8a	51.6±8.3b
Lysine uptake, μmol·min−1·kg−1	1.73±0.17	1.86±0.16	1.61±0.15

Values are means ± SE. Different superscripts indicate differences where P ≤ 0.05.