title: Effects of cloned-cattle meat diet on reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits.
abstract: In this paper, we report on the effects of a diet containing cloned-cattle meat on the reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits. The artificially inseminated rabbits (gestation day 0) were fed a diet containing 5% or 10% of normal or cloned-cattle meat during the gestation period. Rabbits fed commercial pellet (no additional supplementations) were used as the control. Supplementation of cloned-cattle meat diets did not have any toxicologically significant effects on reproductive performance in dams (body weight, clinical signs, organ weight, and cesarean section analysis). And it also did not affect on fetal development (body and placental weight, and external, visceral and skeletal findings) compared to the controls. The only difference was a food consumption in the first week of gestation for all meat-based diet groups (p<0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively). Our results collectively suggest that there are no obvious differences in reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits fed cloned-cattle meat.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Nam-Jin
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Byoung-Chul
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jae-Sik
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Gi-Sun
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Im
authors.forename: Yeoung-Gyu
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Eung-Woo
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hwan-Hoo
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Seong
authors.forename: Soo-Bong
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jong-Koo
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Seongsoo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001066:Appetite / Q000187:drug effects; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002417:Cattle; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000633:toxicity*; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D008460:Meat / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis*; D053652:Nuclear Transfer Techniques; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects; D011247:Pregnancy; D011817:Rabbits; D012098:Reproduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D012449:Safety; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D014131:Trace Elements