The effect of cow's dietary copper intake, sire breed, age on her copper status and that of her fetus in the first ninety days of gestation.

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Smart, M E

RESUMO

The liver copper concentration of the bovine fetus and the hepatic and plasma copper concentrations of its dam during the first trimester of pregnancy were studied. The effect of the dam's dietary copper intake, age, sire breed and stage of pregnancy on her copper status and that of her fetus was also investigated. Simmental sired heifers had the lowest plasma copper concentration. The younger cows (two, three and four years) had significantly lower liver copper concentration than the older cows (six and seven years). The bovine fetal liver copper concentration was approximately 3.1 mmol/g DM and was not affected by dam's age, breed, stage of pregnancy, or copper status.

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