Effects of short-term feeding of Bt MON810 maize on growth performance, organ morphology and function in pigs

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-371

  Walsh, Maria C ^a   Buzoianu, Stefan G ^a,b   Gardiner, Gillian E ^b   Rea, Mary C ^c   Paul Ross, R ^c,d   Cassidy, Joseph P ^e   Lawlor, Peadar G ^a  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cry1Ab; GM plants; Maize; Safety

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MYCOTOXIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BODY GROWTH; BODY WEIGHT; BT MON810 MAIZE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CP4EPSP GENE; CRY1AB GENE; DUODENUM; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GOBLET CELL; HEART WEIGHT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE VILLUS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER WEIGHT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SWINE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CROSSES, GENETIC; DUODENUM; ENDOTOXINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GOBLET CELLS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SUS SCROFA; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN; ZEA MAYS;

SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 81855211759     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511003011     Document Type: Article

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