title: [Influence of dietary calcium/phosphorus ratio on blood calcium, phosphate and magnesium during gestation in the rabbit].
abstract: Sixteen Thiès strain rabbits were used to study the effect of the calcium/phosphorus ratio on plasma calcium, inorganic phosphorus and magnesium levels during pregnancy. Animals were allocated in 2 groups of 8: one receiving a diet with a Ca/P ratio of 1:0 and the other a diet with Ca/P ratio of 2:1. Water was given ad libitum for all rabbits. Results obtained showed that Ca blood level was significantly higher in rabbits receiving the diet with Ca/P ratio of 2:1 before covering and during the first week of pregnancy. During the last 15 d of pregnancy, Ca blood level decreased significantly in the 2 groups of animals. Plasma inorganic phosphorus and magnesium levels were not significantly different in the 2 groups of rabbits until the 2nd wk of pregnancy. But at the end of pregnancy, while phosphatemia and magnesemia decreased in rabbits fed a high Ca/P ratio, in the other group these parameters remained unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Ecole inter-états des sciences et médecine vétérinaires, Dakar, Sénégal.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Assane
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Gongnet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coulibaly
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sere
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood*; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal / Q000097:blood*; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D010758:Phosphorus; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Influence du rapport calcium/phosphore de la ration sur la calcémie, la phosphatémie et la magnésémie de la lapine en gestation.