title: Results of metabolic profile test in Japanese black cattle with growth retardation.
abstract: To evaluate the nutriture of Japanese black cattle with growth retardation, a metabolic profile test was carried out in 8 cattle with growth retardation and in 10 cattle with normal growth. During our observation for 1 month before blood sampling, the cattle with growth retardation ingested their forage completely. They showed lower low-density lipoprotein and albumin concentrations, and higher urea nitrogen, actoacetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid concentrations than the control. There were no significant differences in glucose, free fatty acid, total cholesterol, ammonia, inorganic phosphorus, and calcium concentrations between the cattle with growth retardation and the control. These data suggested that the cattle with growth retardation subjected to energy-negative condition in spite of their good forage intake.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Japan.
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takasu
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yayota
authors.forename: Miwa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: Naohito
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishii
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohba
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Sadatoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazawa
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000662:veterinary*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D007564:Japan