[The content of beta-carotene, vitamin A and ascorbic acid in different tissues of bulls, short-scrotum bulls and oxen of different body weights]

Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr. 1991 Dec 1;104(12):423-7.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Analyses of the liver of bulls of different age show, that the concentration of beta-carotene in the age of 6 to that of 25 weeks increased only from 0.43 +/- 0.16 to 1.66 +/- 0.27 and that of vitamin A from 11.49 +/- 5.87 to 13.90 +/- 5.21 micrograms/g fresh weight. The concentration of beta-carotene and of vitamin A in the testis of bulls and of short scrotum bulls up to an age of 15 weeks was similar; thereafter the concentration in the short scrotum bulls was higher. At an age of 72 weeks the concentration of vitamin A in the liver of bulls (219.17 +/- 51.86) was higher (p less than 0.01) than in that of the short scrotum bulls (144.11 +/- 27.79) and that of the oxen (135.51 +/- 41.26 micrograms/g fresh weight). Analyses of the concentration of ascorbic acid in 8 different tissues of bulls and short scrotum bulls at 6 various periods show, that the highest values mostly were found in December.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Ascorbic Acid / analysis*
  • Carotenoids / analysis*
  • Cattle / metabolism*
  • Liver / chemistry
  • Male
  • Testis / chemistry
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Vitamin A / analysis*
  • beta Carotene

Substances

  • beta Carotene
  • Vitamin A
  • Carotenoids
  • Ascorbic Acid