A dose-response study relating the concentration of carotenoid pigments in blood and reflectance spectrum characteristics of fat to carotenoid intake level in sheep

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3054-3061

  Dian, P H M ^a   Chauveau Duriot, B ^a   Prado, I N ^b   Prache, S ^a  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Carcass; Carotenoid; Fat; Reflectance; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALFALFA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; RANDOMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

MEDICAGO SATIVA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 36148995486     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2006-477     Document Type: Article

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