Effects of dietary copper concentration and source on performance and copper status of growing and finishing steers

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2446-2451

  Engle, T E ^a,b   Spears, Jerry W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Liver; Performance; Steers

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; ZINC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIET; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COPPER; COPPER SULFATE; DIET; LIVER; MALE; ZINC;

EID: 0034268348     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2000.7892446x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Bradley, C. H. 1993. Copper poisoning in a dairy herd fed a mineral supplement. Can. Vet. J. 34:287-292.
2. Charmley, L. L., and H. W. Symonds. 1985. A comparison of the ability of cattle and pigs to clear excess copper from the plasma and excrete it in bile. In: C. F. Mills, I. Bremner, and J. K. Chesters (ed.) Trace Elements in Man and Animals-5. pp 339-346. Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Slough, U.K.
3. Essig, H. W., J. D. Davis, and L. J. Smithson. 1972. Copper sulfate in steer rations. J Anim. Sci. 35:436-439.
4. Gengelbach, G. P. 1994. Effects of copper deficiency on cellular immunity in cattle. Ph.D. dissertation. North Carolina State University, Raleigh.
5. Gengelbach, G. P., J. D. Ward, and J. W. Spears. 1994. Effect of dietary copper, iron, and molybdenum on growth and copper status of beef cows and calves. J. Anim. Sci. 72:2722-2727.
6. Kowalczyk, T., A. L. Pope, K. C. Berger, and B. A. Muggenburg. 1964. Chronic copper toxicosis in sheep fed dry feed. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 145:352-357.
7. Mills, C. F. 1987. Biochemical and physiological indicators of mineral status in animals: Copper, cobalt and zinc. J. Anim. Sci. 65:1702-1711.
8. NRC. 1996. Nutrient Requirements of Beef Cattle. 7th ed. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
9. Pearson, E. G., and A. M. Craig. 1980. The diagnosis of liver disease in equine and food animals. Mod. Vet. Pract. 61:233-237.
10. Pena, M. M. O., J. Lee, and D. J. Thiele. 1999. A delicate balance: Homoeostatic control of copper uptake and distribution. J. Nutr. 129:1251-1260.
11. Pesti, M. G., and R. I. Bakalli. 1996. Studies on the feeding of cupric sulfate pentahydrate and cupric citrate to broiler chickens. Poult. Sci. 75:1086-1091.
12. Predki, P. F., and B. Sarkar. 1992. Effects of replacement of "zinc finger" zinc on estrogen receptor DNA interactions. J. Biol. Chem. 267:5842-5846.
13. Puls, R. 1994. Mineral Levels in Animal Health: Diagnostic Data and Bibliographies. p 224. Sherpa International, Cleerbrook, British Columbia, Canada.
14. SAS. 1988. SAS/STAT User's Guide (Release 6.03). SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC.
15. Spears, J. W., E. B. Kegley, L. A. Mullis, and T. A. Wise. 1997. Bioavailability of copper from tri-basic copper chloride in cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 75 (Suppl. 1):265 (Abstr.).
16. Underwood, E. J. 1977. Trace Elements in Human and Animal Nutrition. 3rd ed. Academic Press, New York.
17. Van Campen, D. R. 1969. Copper interference with the intestinal absorption of Zinc-65 by rats. J. Nutr. 97:104-108.
18. Ward, J. D., and J. W. Spears. 1997. Long-term effects of consumption of low-copper diets with or without supplemental molybdenum on copper status, performance, and carcass characteristics of cattle. J. Anim. Sci. 75:3057-3065.
19. Ward, J. D., J. W. Spears, and E. B. Kegley. 1993. Effect of copper level and source (copper lysine vs copper sulfate) on copper status, performance, and immune response in growing steers fed diets with or without supplemental molybdenum and sulfur. J. Anim. Sci. 71:2748-2755.
20. Ward, J. D., J. W. Spears, and E. B. Kegley. 1996. Bioavailability of copper proteinate and copper carbonate relative to copper sulfate in cattle. J. Dairy. Sci. 79:127-132.