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Survey of carotenes and vitamin A concentrations in cattle to be slaughtered in Thessaloniki
Author(s) -
G. Christodoulopoulos,
N. Roubies,
H. Karatzias,
Nikolaos Panousis,
A. Papasteriadis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of the hellenic veterinary medical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.186
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2585-3724
pISSN - 1792-2720
DOI - 10.12681/jhvms.15419
Subject(s) - vitamin , zoology , vitamin e , plasma concentration , medicine , carotene , retinol , liver tissue , endocrinology , biology , food science , biochemistry , antioxidant
The purpose of this survey was the study of vitamin A concentrations in cattle to be slaughtered in the area of Thessaloniki. For this purpose, research samples of blood and liver were collected from 165 cattle brought to different slaughter-houses of Thessaloniki, during the winter of the year 1998. Out of the 165 cattle to be slaughtered 76% presented lower than normal vitamin A in liver tissue ( 4,8 μg/ml of plasma) for a long term may cause ovary dysfunction.

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