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The effect of intestinal coccidiosis (Eimeria acervulina) on blood and tissue ascorbic acid concentrations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Ishak T. Kechik  and
A. H. Sykes
Ishak T. Kechik
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Research, Wye College, University of London, near Ashford, Kent
A. H. Sykes
Affiliation:
Department of Poultry Research, Wye College, University of London, near Ashford, Kent
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1. Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of intestinal coccidiosis (Eimeria acervulina) on blood plasma and tissue ascorbic acid (AA) concentrations in chicks, and a third experiment was carried out to examine the role of dietary AA in this infection.

2. Experimental infection with intestinal coccidiosis (Eimeria acervulina) brought about a depletion in the concentration of AA in blood plasma, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, liver and the adrenal glands. Generally, these changes were obtained after the prepatent period of 4–5 d of the infection.

3. Dietary AA at 1000 mg/kg prevented the depletion in plasma and tissue AA levels but did not significantly affect adrenal weight.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 42 , Issue 1 , July 1979 , pp. 97 - 103
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1979

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