... 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 ... (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, ... Biochemistry and Physiology 81A, 255–257.Brockman, R.P. and Laarveld, B. (1986) Effect of insulin on gluconeogenesis and themetabolism of lactate in sheep. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacol-ogy...