1. Meat levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 in Moroccan one-humped dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius).
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El Khasmi, Mohammed, Bargaâ, Rita, Riad, Fouad, Safwate, Abdallah, El Hassane, Tahri, Farh, M., El Abbadi, N., Abouhafs, Rachid, and Faye, Bernard
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VITAMINS ,CAMELS ,RUMINANTS ,BOS ,DOMESTIC animals ,ASH (Tree) - Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D3) amounts in meat and serum of the Moroccan one-humped camels. The obtained results showed that the 25-OH-D3 amounts in serum (ng/mL), liver, kidney and muscle (ng/g) were 390±45; 7.071±1.003; 6.154±1.067 and 4.241±1.045 respectively. Values in liver were significantly higher (p< 0.05) than those of muscle. Serum 25-OH-D3 levels in camels were very higher than those of ruminant species. Meat of camel was rich in water and ash, and the amounts of 25-OH-D3 in it's various analyzed tissues were similar to those reported for this constituent in the corresponding tissues of bovine species and slightly higher than those measured in other domestic animals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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