Effects of cloned-cattle meat diet on reproductive parameters in pregnant rabbits.
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.
Lee
Nam-Jin
NJ
College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea.
Yang
Byoung-Chul
BC
Hwang
Jae-Sik
JS
Im
Gi-Sun
GS
Ko
Yeoung-Gyu
YG
Park
Eung-Woo
EW
Seong
Hwan-Hoo
HH
Park
Soo-Bong
SB
Kang
Jong-Koo
JK
Hwang
Seongsoo
S
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
D000596:Amino Acids; D014131:Trace Elements