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Effects of cloned-cattle meat diet on reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits.

Abstract
In this paper, we report on the effects of a diet containing cloned-cattle meat on the reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits. The artificially inseminated rabbits (gestation day 0) were fed a diet containing 5% or 10% of normal or cloned-cattle meat during the gestation period. Rabbits fed commercial pellet (no additional supplementations) were used as the control. Supplementation of cloned-cattle meat diets did not have any toxicologically significant effects on reproductive performance in dams (body weight, clinical signs, organ weight, and cesarean section analysis). And it also did not affect on fetal development (body and placental weight, and external, visceral and skeletal findings) compared to the controls. The only difference was a food consumption in the first week of gestation for all meat-based diet groups (p<0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively). Our results collectively suggest that there are no obvious differences in reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits fed cloned-cattle meat.
AuthorsNam-Jin Lee, Byoung-Chul Yang, Jae-Sik Hwang, Gi-Sun Im, Yeoung-Gyu Ko, Eung-Woo Park, Hwan-Hoo Seong, Soo-Bong Park, Jong-Koo Kang, Seongsoo Hwang
JournalFood and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association (Food Chem Toxicol) Vol. 48 Issue 3 Pg. 871-6 (Mar 2010) ISSN: 1873-6351 [Electronic] England
PMID20060031 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Amino Acids
  • Trace Elements
Topics
  • Amino Acids (analysis)
  • Animals
  • Appetite (drug effects)
  • Body Weight (drug effects)
  • Cattle
  • Cloning, Organism
  • Diet
  • Eating (drug effects)
  • Female
  • Food, Genetically Modified (toxicity)
  • Insemination, Artificial
  • Meat (adverse effects, analysis)
  • Nuclear Transfer Techniques
  • Organ Size (drug effects)
  • Placenta (drug effects)
  • Pregnancy
  • Rabbits
  • Reproduction (drug effects)
  • Safety
  • Trace Elements (analysis)

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