Bone densitometry and calcium serum levels in chickens treated with filtered or unfiltered water
| Autor: | L. G. Pacheco, J. C. R. Alva, Mirella Cunha Melaré, Asm Baraldi, F. R. Barreiro, Pacheco, Lizandra Amoroso, Nilce Maria Soares |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Biological Institute Research and Development Unit |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Calcium serum chemistry.chemical_element Calcium water quality Animal science lcsh:Zoology medicine Bone mineral density lcsh:QL1-991 Tibia lcsh:SF1-1100 Bone mineral lcsh:Veterinary medicine serum calcium levels broilers business.industry Broilers Surgery Water quality chemistry lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:Animal culture Unfiltered Densitometry business Distal epiphysis tibia |
| Zdroj: | SciELO Repositório Institucional da UNESP Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) instacron:UNESP Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science v.15 n.4 2013 Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas (FACTA) instacron:FACTA Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola, Volume: 15, Issue: 4, Pages: 379-384, Published: DEC 2013 Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, Vol 15, Iss 4, Pp 379-384 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 1516-635X |
| Popis: | Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-01T13:08:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-12-01Bitstream added on 2014-10-01T14:03:44Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S1516-635X2013000400013.pdf: 743121 bytes, checksum: ffc104390da9d8f7c0def88542ed93df (MD5) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) company Hidrofiltros(R) The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the drinking water of the School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil, affected bone mineral density and serum calcium levels of 14-, 21-, and 45-day-old broilers. Bone mineral density (BMD) of the tibiae was assessed using optical densitometry radiographic technique and serum calcium levels. Tibial BMD increased as broilers aged, and achieved its peak at 45 days of age. It was higher in the distal epiphysis of the birds that ingested filtered water (p |
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