Concentration of copper in muscles, liver, hair and feaces of growing rabbits fed diet supplemented with copper sulphate

0213507 - UZFG-Y 20023123 RIV IT eng J - Journal Article
Marounek, Milan - Skřivanová, V. - Volek, Z. - Březina, P.
Concentration of copper in muscles, liver, hair and feaces of growing rabbits fed diet supplemented with copper sulphate.
World Rabbit Science. Roč. 10, č. 4 (2002), s. 167-170. ISSN 1257-5011. E-ISSN 1989-8886
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK5020115
Grant - others:GA NATO(XX) MO2-99-04
Keywords : copper retention * mineral metabolism * copper supplementation
Subject RIV: FB - Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolism, Nutrition

The supplementation of diets for rabbits with copper has been restricted in the EU to 35 mg/kg. In our experiment, quadruple concentration of Cu added to a pelleted diet as CuSO4.5H2O was used to investigate effect og CU feeding on Cu concentration in muscles, liver, hair and faeces of Hyplus rabbits. On the basis of our results, we conclude that Cu-fed rabbits accumulated Cu in the liver. No substantial Cu retention in the meat of Cu-fed supplemented rabbits was observed.
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