Bone densitometry and calcium serum levels in chickens treated with filtered or unfiltered water

dc.contributor.authorAmoroso, L [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBaraldi, Asm [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBarreiro, Fr [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Mr [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorAlva, Jcr [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorSoares, Nm
dc.contributor.authorPacheco, Lg [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMelaré, Mc [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionBiological Institute Research and Development Unit
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T13:08:46Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T13:08:46Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-01
dc.description.abstractThe 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<0.05) compared with those supplied with unfiltered water. Therefore, it is concluded that filtered water promoted better bone quality in relative to those ingested unfiltered water.en
dc.description.affiliationUNESP Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology
dc.description.affiliationBiological Institute Research and Development Unit
dc.description.affiliationUNESP Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal Department of Animal Morphology and Physiology
dc.description.affiliationUnespUNESP Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipcompany Hidrofiltros(R)
dc.format.extent379-384
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-635X2013000400013
dc.identifier.citationRevista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola. Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas, v. 15, n. 4, p. 379-384, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1590/S1516-635X2013000400013
dc.identifier.fileS1516-635X2013000400013.pdf
dc.identifier.issn1516-635X
dc.identifier.lattes4808768181688517
dc.identifier.scieloS1516-635X2013000400013
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/110044
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000330032300013
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherFundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola
dc.relation.ispartofjcr0.463
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectBone mineral densityen
dc.subjectBroilersen
dc.subjectserum calcium levelsen
dc.subjecttibiaen
dc.subjectWater qualityen
dc.titleBone densitometry and calcium serum levels in chickens treated with filtered or unfiltered wateren
dc.typeArtigo
unesp.author.lattes4808768181688517
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Jaboticabalpt

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