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


Autoria(s): Amoroso, L; Baraldi, Asm; Barreiro, Fr; Pacheco, Mr; Alva, Jcr; Soares, Nm; Pacheco, Lg; Melaré, Mc
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

01/10/2014

01/10/2014

01/12/2013

Resumo

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)

The 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.

Formato

379-384

Identificador

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-635X2013000400013

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola. Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas, v. 15, n. 4, p. 379-384, 2013.

1516-635X

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110044

10.1590/S1516-635X2013000400013

S1516-635X2013000400013

WOS:000330032300013

S1516-635X2013000400013.pdf

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas

Relação

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola

Direitos

openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Bone mineral density #Broilers #serum calcium levels #tibia #Water quality
Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article