Effects of feeding Bt MON810 maize to sows during first gestation and lactation on maternal and offspring health indicators

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 873-881

  Walsh, Maria C ^a   Buzoianu, Stefan G ^a,b   Gardiner, Gillian E ^b   Rea, Mary C ^c,d   O'Donovan, Orla ^b   Ross, R Paul ^c,d   Lawlor, Peadar G ^a  

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

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cross generational effects; Cry1Ab (1 epidopteran Active crystalline protein); GM food; Maize; Safety

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN; UREA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LACTATION; MAIZE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SOW (SWINE); THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; WEANING;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY COMPOSITION; CREATININE; ENDOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; LACTATION; LIVER; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PREGNANCY; SUS SCROFA; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84874668542     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114512002607     Document Type: Article

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