The wister rats with cirrhotic portal hypertension induced by carbon tetrachloride/ethanal were divided into four groups;①distal splenocaval shunt(DSCS);②portal azygous devascularization (PAD);③mesocaval shunt side to side (MCS);and ④the conrol. Oral glucose toleronce test (OGTT), and glucagon loading test (GLT) were performed on them. The results revealed that the hepatic reserve function of the rats with DSCS and PAD had significant difference as compared with the control (P<0.05), but that of the rat with MCS had no significant difference as compared with the control (P>0.05).The present study indicates that the hepatic reserve function of rats with DSCS and PAD is better than that of the rats with MCS.