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Effect of vitamin D3 concentration in cage layer diet on bone
mineral content and microstructure
DENG Yifeng, HOU Jiafa
(College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China) |
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Abstract: One hundred and seventyfive 10weekold ISAcage layer hens were randomly divided into 5 groups:A,B,C,D and E. The Group A,B,C and D were fed with the standard diet, to which vitamin D3(VD3) was added at the dosage of 0,100,200,500 and
1000IU per 1kg diet respectively, during the next 10 weeks. Bone mineral content (BMC) of hen tibia were measured every 2 weeks. At the beginning and end of the experiment, respectively, 5 hens were killed and their tibia were collected for histopathological research. At the end of experiment, the total mean BMC of Group C
(0.692g/cm2±0.103g/cm2) was significantly higher than those of Group A,D and E(P<0.05). The result of histopathology suggested that young hens corticalbone and bone trabecula were normal at first, finally there were different grade resorption lacunain the cortical bone. The lesion was related close to both VD3 deficiency and excess. It was concluded from the abovementioned results that temperate addition of VD3 may improve BMC, maintain satisfactory bone structureand play an important role in prevention osteoporosis.
Key words: vitamin D3; bone mineral content; histopathology; young layer |