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Vitamins a, e and selenium blood levels in the fat cow syndrome.
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PMID:  17422176     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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Blood plasma analyses for vitamins A, E and selenium were performed from calving to five weeks of lactation in 29 cows. Twelve of the 29 cows had fat cow syndrome. The healthy cows had significantly higher (P<0.01) plasma vitamin A (40 mug/dL) and vitamin E (5 mug/mL) levels than the cows with fat cow syndrome (29 mug vitamin A/dL and 3 mug vitamin E/mL). At parturition, vitamin A level in plasma was low (25 mug/dL) but increased progressively thereafter (up to 51 mug/dL) in healthy cows, whereas cows with fat cow syndrome had lower levels of vitamin A, bordering on deficiency. The possible role of vitamin E in the alleviation of fat cow syndrome by affecting oxidation-reduction reactions in the liver is discussed. Significant (P<0.01) difference was not observed in selenium blood plasma level (35 ng/mL) between the two groups of cows or in another random group of 12 cows clinically affected by fat cow syndrome.
Authors:
M Hidiroglou; K E Hartin
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Canadian veterinary journal. La revue vétérinaire canadienne     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0008-5286     ISO Abbreviation:  Can. Vet. J.     Publication Date:  1982 Aug 
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Created Date:  2010-06-28     Completed Date:  2010-06-28     Revised Date:  2010-09-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0004653     Medline TA:  Can Vet J     Country:  Canada    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  255-8     Citation Subset:  -    
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