Effects of dietary vitamin K levels on bone quality in broilers.     

Caiyun Zhang  Defa Li  Fenglai Wang  Tao Dong 《Archives of Animal Nutrition》2003,57(3):197-206

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary vitamin K (menadione) on bone quality in cage-raised broilers. Three hundred and sixty male broilers were randomly allotted to one of six treatments, with six replicate pens per treatment and 10 chicks per pen. Broilers were fed one of six diets including a control diet or the control diet plus graded levels of vitamin K (0.5 mg/kg, 2 mg/kg, 8 mg/kg, 32 mg/kg and 128 mg/kg). Water and feed were provided ad libitum during the 7-week experimental period. Results indicated that vitamin K supplementation of broilers diets significantly effected bone quality and feed efficiency. The treatment containing vitamin K at 8 mg/kg improved growth performance (during weeks 6-7) and bone quality (during weeks 0-3). In our study, hydroxyapatite binding capacity of serum osteocalcin (during weeks 0-3), bone breaking strength, bone flexibility, bone ash weight increased linearly (P < 0.05) and bone mineral density, bone mineral content increased quadratically (P < 0.05) with increasing supplementation of vitamin K. In conclusion, to gain optimum bone quality and broiler performance, our studies suggest that the concentration of vitamin K in broilers diets should be 8 mg/kg, 2 mg/kg, and 2 mg/kg, for the starter, grower and finisher phases, respectively. Furthermore, it was shown that the starter period is an important phase for improving bone quality. In addition, this study validated the mechanism of vitamin K effects on bone quality. Vitamin K boosts the carboxylation of osteocalcin and decreases the concentration of serum under-carboxylated osteocalcin enhancing hydroxyapatite binding capacity of serum osteocalcin and improving bone quality.  相似文献   

A FILTERABLE VIRUS DEMONSTRATED TO BE THE INFECTIVE AGENT IN OVINE BALANO-POSTHITIS     

Tunnicliff EA  Matisheck PH 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1941,94(2438):283-284

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PHOTOELECTRIC "COLORIMETERS"     

Klopsteg PE 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1938,88(2284):336

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THE "BABOON BOY" OF SOUTH AFRICA     

Foley JP 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》1940,91(2360):291-292

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THE NASOPHARYNGEAL METHOD OF ADMINISTERING DRUGS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SULPHANILAMIDE     

P. L. Bazeley 《Australian veterinary journal》1940,16(1):27-30

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银川地区羊肝中阿苯达唑(丙硫苯咪唑)残留情况的调查   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

倪泽成刘辛赟  武占银马立均夏国振  蒋安文张惠英李春和  沙涌波 《中国动物检疫》2004,21(9):29-30

阿苯达唑又称丙硫苯咪唑或丙硫咪唑，有时又称抗蠕敏，是目前国内常用的驱虫效果好、范围广、毒性较低的兽用驱虫药。随着家庭舍饲养羊规模的不断扩大，饲养者为了减少因寄生虫导致的死亡并增加育肥效果，常把阿苯达唑作为育肥前预防驱虫或寄生虫病治疗的首选药，出现了滥用或超剂量使用的现  相似文献   

Observations on transplacental infection with bluetongue virus in sheep   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

C Richardson  W P Taylor  S Terlecki  E P Gibbs 《American journal of veterinary research》1985,46(9):1912-1922

Twenty-four ewes were inoculated with 1 of 2 strains of bluetongue virus type 4 at 40, 60, or 80 days of gestation. Two ewes aborted, 2 ewes died, and 1 was killed during the experiment, but their fetuses were recovered. At term, 2 mummified fetuses, 4 dead lambs, and 17 clinically healthy lambs were produced by 12 sheep, and the remaining 7 sheep were barren. Porencephaly and cerebellar dysgenesis were found in term lambs born to sheep inoculated at 40 and 60 days of gestation. Radiographic examination of 12 fetuses showed developmental ages far less than their chronologic age; 8 fetuses had skeletal growth-retardation lines, which were also observed in the dead lambs. A systemic lymphoreticular hyperplasia was observed in the dead lambs and in all lambs at 12 weeks of age; in 4 of the latter, granulomatous reactions were present in the liver and kidney. Lungs of the full-term lambs were reduced in weight and showed poor alveolar development and mononuclear cell infiltration, which persisted in the 12-week-old lambs. It was concluded that bluetongue virus is capable of causing not only gross abnormalities of the CNS, but also generalized growth retardation and fetal lymphoreticular hyperplasia.  相似文献   

播量对水稻生长发育及干物质积累的影响     

李忠杰  矫江  王连敏  王春艳  王立志  刘功  焦占力 《北方水稻》2004,(1):18-20

用盆栽方法进行播量对寒地水稻生长发育及干物质积累影响试验,结果表明:稀播的秧苗发根力强、分蘖多、茎基宽、充实度高。播量200g/m2的产量最高。  相似文献   

Periodontal disease. Etiology and pathogenesis   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

B Colmery  P Frost 《Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice》1986,16(5):817-833

Periodontal disease is the number-one cause of the early loss of teeth in dogs and cats. Some of the factors in the adult animal that play a major role in the development of periodontal diseases are discussed in this article, including overcrowding, malocclusions, diet, developmental defects, and metabolic and systemic disease.  相似文献   

完善农村居民最低生活保障制度的几点建议     

王砾 《安徽农业大学学报》2004,(1):41-43

当前，我国农村普遍建立了居民最低生活保障制度，这是保障农村社会稳定的“最后一道安全网”，是中国农村社会保障体系的基础工程。但是，我国农村居民最低生活保障制度也还存在一些问题，例如保障对象、保障方式、保障资金、管理体制等，充分认识并采取 有效措施解决好这些问题，对于完善农村社会保障体系，维护农村社会稳定和经济发展有着重要现实意义。  相似文献