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Zhou, X. Q., Niu, C.-J., & Sun, R.-Y. (2003). Effects of vitamin e on growth, liver vitamin e and serum cortisol level in juvenile soft-shelled turtles (pelodiscus sinensis). Acta Zoologica Sinica, 49(1), 40–44.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Zhou2003b View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Ernährung = nutrition, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Trionychidae, Trionyx Creators: Niu, Sun, Zhou Collection: Acta Zoologica Sinica |
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Trionyx To investigate the effects of vitamin E on growth, liver vitamin E and the serum cortisol level of juvenile soft-shelled turtles, we estimated the growth in juvenile soft-shelled turtles by specific growth rate, analyzed liver vitamin E with a high pressure liquid chromatogram (HPLC) and determined serum cortisol content using the radiate immune method. Growth in juvenile soft-shelled turtles was depressed in two groups that received vitamin E supplementation at 1 000 and 5 000 mg/kg of diet. Levels of liver vitamin E in turtles that received vitamin E supplementation at 500, 1 000 and 5 000 mg/kg of diet were significantly higher than in the control group. The level of liver vitamin E increased exponentially with increasing dietary vitamin E within the range 0-1 000 mg/kg of diet, reaching saturation when dietary vitamin E reached 5 000 mg/kg of diet. The mean serum cortisol content in two groups that received vitamin E supplementation at 0 and 50 mg/kg of diet was significantly higher than that in four groups supplemented at 250, 500, 1 000 and 5 000 mg/kg of diet. These results suggest that high doses of vitamin E reduce growth rates and serum cortisol levels in juvenile soft-shelled turtles, and that liver vitamin E increases with increasing dietary vitamin E within certain limits.
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