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Manganese in the nutrition and metabolism of the pullet

2.* The manganese contents of the tissues of pullets given diets of high or low manganese content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

J. W. Mathers  and
R. Hill
J. W. Mathers
Affiliation:
Royal Veterinary College, University of London
R. Hill
Affiliation:
Royal Veterinary College, University of London
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Abstract

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1. Groups of pullets were given a diet of high (106–107 μg/g) or low (6–7 μg/g) manganese content and killed either before sexual maturity, at the point-of-lay or after a 6- to 7-month laying period. The birds were dissected into six tissue fractions: skeleton, liver, kidney, ovary and oviduct, skin and feathers, and muscle with remaining tissue. Total Mn and concentration of Mn as μg/g dry fat-free tissue were determined for each fraction.

2. There were no differences in live weight attributable to level of dietary Mn, and no differences in egg production.

3. Mean total body Mn varied among groups over a fairly narrow range (528–738 μg), with the exception of birds given the high-Mn diet throughout the experiment, in which the mean was 2319 μg. This represented an increase in Mn content during egg laying of 244%. There was no significant difference in the Mn content of birds given the low-Mn diet whether they were killed at the point-of-lay or after the laying period.

4. The effects of treatment on the weight of Mn in each of the tissue fractions are described. The very large increase in total Mn that occurred during egg production in birds given the high-Mn diet was accounted for largely by the increase in skin and feathers (1072 μg Mn).

5. In general terms, the Mn content of liver, kidney and ovary and oviduct together constituted only just over 10% of total body Mn, the remainder being distributed about equally among skeleton, skin and feathers, and muscle with remaining tissue.

6. There was a close parallel between the concentration of Mn of a tissue and the total weight of Mn it contained except in certain instances when stage of maturity or egg production influenced weight of the tissue.

7. The effects of treatments on the Mn contents of these birds are discussed in relation to the retention of dietary Mn, and the withdrawal from and accumulation of Mn in individual tissues and the whole body.

Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , December 1968 , pp. 635 - 643
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1968

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