The effects of chronic dietary acid loads on shifts in bone mineral reserves and physiological concentrations of cations and anions in extracellular fluids were assessed in growing swine. Four trials were conducted with a total of 38 (8.16 +/- 0.30 kg, mean +/- SEM) Large White x Landrace x Duroc pigs randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatments. Semipurified diets, fed for 13 to 17 d, ...

Iliac bone aluminium was determined by neutron activation analysis in 34 patients with chronic renal failure and in eight control subjects. In 17 patients treated by haemodialysis there was a significant increase in the amount of aluminium (mean +/- SE = 152 +/- 30 ppm bone ash). In eight patients treated by haemodialysis and subsequent renal transplantation, bone aluminium was still significan...

for DDGS relative to MSP were 84.3% and 85.3% for fibula breaking load and fibula bone ash, respectively. The basal diet + 500 FTU/kg phytase resulted in greater fibula breaking load (18.7 vs 13.7 kg force) and bone ash (1.049 vs 0.896 g) as compared with the basal diet, resulting in calculated P release of 0.082 and 0.064%, respectively. The 0.225% P DDGS + 500 FTU/kg phytase also resulted in ...

Four experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of ultraviolet (UV) light exposure and several cholecalciferol metabolites on the development of tibial dyschondroplasia (TD) and other parameters associated with vitamin D metabolism in chickens selected for high (HTD) and low (LTD) incidence of TD. In Experiment 1, exposure of chickens to UV light reduced the incidence and severity of...

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OST-6, a herbomineral preparation, was studied for its inhibitory effects on the progress of bone loss induced by ovariectomy (OVX) and concurrent calcium deficiency in rats. Calcium deficient ovariectomized rats were administered with OST-6 at 250 mg/kg b. w. twice a day orally for 16 weeks. Compared with sham operated animals, OVX animals showed an increase in serum ALP, urinary excretion of ...

A series of incubation and broiler growth studies were conducted using one strain of broiler chicken (fast feathering dam line) observing incubation effects on femoral bone ash % at hatch and the ability of the bird to remain standing at 6 weeks of age (Latency-To-Lie). Egg shell temperatures during incubation were consistently recorded. Parsimonious models were developed across eight studies u...