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515525

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1980-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
The effect on food utilisation and skeletal growth of daily infection for 90 days with 2500 Trichostrongylus vitrinus larvae was investigated. Controls were killed initially or fed ad libitum. Food intake, digestibility of dry matter and nitrogen and content of body fat, protein, water and minerals were determined, and selected bones examined chemically and histologically. Serum constituents were determined weekly. Digestibility of food dry matter and nitrogen were reduced during weeks 3 and 5 after initial infection but subsequently recovered. Deposition of fat, protein, calcium and phosphorus in the body was reduced by 36, 58, 67 and 78 per cent respectively. Gross efficiency of utilisation of metabolisable energy was reduced by 36 per cent. Bone changes were associated with a reduction in osteoblastic activity. Hypoalbuminaemia, hyperglobulinaemia and hypophosphataemia were present in infected sheep. There were no significant changes in serum calcium or urea concentrations. It is concluded that the effects of continuous intakes of T vitrinus and T colubriformis larvae on host metabolism are essentially the same.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0034-5288
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
372-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Chronic infection with Trichostrongylus vitrinus in sheep. Some effects on food utilisation, skeletal growth and certain serum constituents.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article