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The susceptibility of suckling lambs to zinc toxicity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

N. T. Davies ,
H. S. Soliman ,
W. Corrigall  and
A. Flett
N. T. Davies
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
H. S. Soliman
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
W. Corrigall
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
A. Flett
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB2 9SB
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Abstract

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  1. 1. Suckling lambs maintained for 4 weeks on a milk-substitute diet containing 407 g Toprina yeast/kg dry matter of diet exhibited poor growth, low appetite and extensive renal damage.

  2. 2. The batch of yeast used contained 2065 mg zinc/kg.

  3. 3. The kidneys of lambs offered a milk diet supplemented with the same Zn content as the yeast-fed diet (32.1 mg Zn/1000 kJ) were similarly affected.

Type
Short Papers
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , July 1977 , pp. 153 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1977

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