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OBJECTIVE: To determine the changes in Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, S, Cu, Fe and Zn concentrations of milk during the lactation in pasture-fed Thoroughbred mares and then calculate the dietary mineral requirements of the sucking foal and the lactating mare. PROCEDURE: Milk was sampled on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21, 28 and at various times between 55 to 65, 85 to 95 and 135 to 150 days after parturition from 21 pasture-fed mares. The concentrations of macro- and micro-elements in the milk were determined by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry. RESULTS: Concentrations (mg/L) of these elements were highest in colostrum (Mg 302, Na 561, K 955, S 1035, Cu 0.76, Fe 0.79 and Zn 5.5) except for Ca (1245) and P (895), which where highest on day 7. The mean milk mineral element concentrations (mg/L) over days 55 to 150 were Ca 843, P 543, Mg 47, Na 120, K 590, S 219, Cu 0.19, Fe 0.34 and Zn 2.1. The mean plasma element concentrations (mg/L) over the same period were Ca 120, P 77.1, Mg 17.0, Na 3110, K 168, S 983, Cu 1.1, Fe 1.5 and Zn 0.49. Concentration gradients between plasma and milk were observed and, in the case of Ca, P, Mg, K and Zn, their concentrations in milk were greater than those in plasma, while a reverse situation was observed for Na, S, Cu and Fe. CONCLUSION: With the exception of Ca and P, the highest concentrations of mineral elements were observed in the colostrum. The nursing foal should have access to good pasture or creep feed, because the intakes of Ca, P and Cu from milk may be less than optimum to meet the daily mineral element requirements. 相似文献
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Gee EK Firth EC Morel PC Fennessy PF Grace ND Mogg TD 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2005,53(6):448-456
AIMS: To determine the influence of copper (Cu) supplementation by injection of mares in late gestation on the frequency and severity of osteochondrosis (OC) lesions in their foals at around 160 days of age. To determine if there was any influence of the concentration of Cu in the liver, growth rate, birthweight, weight at 160 days of age, fatness, sex, or year of birth of the foal on the frequency and severity of OC lesions. To determine the influence of dam's age, and sex and birthweight of the foal on the growth rate from birth to 160 days of age, and weight at 160 days of age. METHODS: Thirty-three Thoroughbred foals, born in two consecutive years, were weighed every 2 weeks from birth. The dams had been supplemented with parenteral Cu or saline during late gestation, and the supplementation regimens were different in each year. Foals had liver biopsies harvested at birth for determination of Cu concentration. Pasture samples were collected every 4-8 weeks for analysis of concentration of Cu and zinc (Zn). At 160 days of age, articular cartilage of long bones was examined. Gross lesions were counted and scored, then sawn and radiographed, and processed for histopathology. Lesions were given radiographic scores and histopathological scores. Maximum scores for each lesion were combined to give a total OC score for each joint and each foal. The fatness of 20 foals (10 each from Years 1 and 2) at 160 days of age was determined chemically. RESULTS: Supplementation of dams with Cu had no significant effect on the concentration of Cu in the liver of foals at birth, or on the frequency or severity of lesions in articular cartilage at 160 days of age. The Cu and Zn concentrations of pasture were similar in Years 1 and 2, and were lower than current recommendations. All foals in Year 2, and 9/10 foals in Year 1 had irregularities in cartilage that was confirmed histologically to be indicative of OC. The average number of lesions per foal was 4.7 (SD 1.1) and 5.7 (SD 1.1) in Years 1 and 2, respectively. However, the severity of the lesions was considered mild, and no foals showed any clinical evidence of OC while alive. The number of lesions in the tarsocrural (TC) joint and the TC OC score at 160 days were positively associated with average daily weight gain (ADG) in the previous 4 weeks (p=0.005 and p=0.001, respectively). There was no significant effect of sex, fatness, birthweight, weight at 160 days of age, or year of birth of the foal on the frequency and severity of OC lesions. CONCLUSIONS: Many of the lesions classified as OC, using classification systems described by other authors, were likely to be normal variations of the process of endochondral ossification. Despite the high frequency of such lesions, they were considered to be of minor significance and none were clinically evident. The distribution of lesions was not typical, and most probably reflected the subtlety of the lesions. These results support the hypothesis that Cu is an over-emphasised factor in the aetiopathogenesis of OC. The relationship between subtle macroscopic lesions and lesions resulting in clinical signs of disease requires further investigation. 相似文献
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Suttie JM Mackintosh CG Corson ID Fennessy PF Christie R 《New Zealand veterinary journal》1986,34(12):214-216
A technique for the surgical relocation of the carotid artery, to permit repeated percutaneous puncture, in red deer, is described. An incision was made through the skin distal to the ramus of the jaw parallel to and dorsal to the superficial jugular vein. The brachiocephalicus muscle was divided by blunt dissection to reveal the carotid artery. The carotid artery was dissected free of connective tissue and the vagus nerve and enclosed in a polythene prosthesis. The brachiocephalicus muscle was sutured dorsal to the now enclosed artery. The wound was closed taking care that the line of sutures did not overlie the prosthesis. Repeated percutaneous puncture of the artery was possible for periods of up to 18 months. 相似文献
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The manufacture and use of an improved dart syringe, fired from a blowpipe, to sedate animals is described. It has been shown to be more reliable in maintaining pressure and less easily damaged than previously published designs. 相似文献
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J.M. Suttie C.G. Mackintosh I.D. Corson P.F. Fennessy R. Christie 《New Zealand veterinary journal》2013,61(12):214-216
A technique for the surgical relocation of the carotid artery, to permit repeated percutaneous puncture, in red deer, is described. An incision was made through the skin distal to the ramus of the jaw parallel to and dorsal to the superficial jugular vein. The brachiocephalicus muscle was divided by blunt dissection to reveal the carotid artery. The carotid artery was dissected free of connective tissue and the vagus nerve and enclosed in a polythene prosthesis. The brachiocephalicus muscle was sutured dorsal to the now enclosed artery. The wound was closed taking care that the line of sutures did not overlie the prosthesis. Repeated percutaneous puncture of the artery was possible for periods of up to 18 months. 相似文献
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E. Gootwine J.M. Suttie J.C. McEwan B.A. Veenvliet R.P. Littlejohn P.F. Fennessy G.W. Montgomery 《Domestic animal endocrinology》1997,14(6):381-390
The effects of natural variation in the number of copies of the growth hormone (GH) gene on growth parameters, plasma GH profiles, and the response to GHRH challenge were compared in Coopworth ram lambs from selection lines differing in body composition and GH levels. Different genotypes at the GH locus carried two, three, or four copies of the GH gene and GH secretion was studied under ad libitum feeding conditions and in the fasted state. There were no significant effects of GH genotype on any parameters of growth or body composition. Basal serum GH concentration, GH pulse frequency, and GH pulse amplitude differed significantly with selection line and fasting, but did not differ significantly between the GH genotypes. Significant differences of subtle nature were found between the GH genotypes in their responsiveness to GHRH. For the ad libitum-fed Lean selection line animals, the first GHRH challenge resulted in a higher mean maximum response for GH1/GH1 than GH2/GH2 (P < 0.05). Between the first and the second challenges there was a decrease in maximum response for the GH1/GH1 genotype and an increase for the GH2/GH2 genotype (P < 0.05 for GH genotype main effect). The differences between GH genotypes in response to GHRH challenge suggest that polymorphism in the number of GH gene copies in sheep may have physiological implications for the function of the GH axis, which may be manifested in growing lambs only under specific genotype-environment combinations. 相似文献
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