[Promotion of wool growth and body weight development of sheep by alimentary supplementation with thiocyanate].
Adult sheep were administered 12 mg thiocyanate (SCN-)/kg body weight orally twice a year in altogether 16 respectively 41 single doses under conventional keeping during the period of stabling (winter) in two consecutive years. Fattening lambs got an analogous SCN- dosage with altogether 4 respectively 34 single doses under intensive keeping. Aided by this temporarily obtained balance of an alimentary SCN- deficiency the following effects were reached during conventional keeping: Significant increase of the wool mass in the greasy state and a tendency to better breading performance. During intensive fattening an increase of the wool mass and of the staple cross-section was proven statistically in the mean for all the test animals, but for the increase of the staple length it could be shown only by comparison of twins.
Kramer
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Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin sowie Klinik und Poliklinik für Nuklearmedizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
Weuffen
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W
Hiepe
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T
Völzke
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M
Völzke
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N
Thürkow
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B
Jülich
W D
WD
Weber
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A
D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D005527:Food, Fortified; D012756:Sheep; D013861:Thiocyanates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects*; D014935:Wool / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
D013861:Thiocyanates; C031760:thiocyanate