The influence of copper and zinc supplements on milk production performances and health indicators was tested in a 20week feeding trial, with 40 Holstein-Friesian lactating cows, divided in four groups (copper, zinc, copper-zinc and control). Correlations of the Cu and Zn plasma values with some animal performance criteria of health (body condition score and somatic cell counts) and production ...

OBJECTIVE This paper aims to evaluate the relations between serum bilirubin and essential trace elements in an adult population. RESULTS Demographic and clinical data were stratified according to the median of serum bilirubin concentrations (50th percentiles). There were statistical differences in regarding with age, body mass index, white blood count, hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin,...

This work is mainly devoted to the study of trace elements concentrations, copper and zinc, in different organs of 50 cattle, 50 sheep, 30 camels and 40 equines slaughtered in municipal slaughterhouse of Casablanca, which is the main source of consumption meat in the study area. The organs that have been studied were the liver, lung, skeletal muscle, heart and kidney for each animal. All organs...

background and aims: alcohol abuse is an important concern of many societies. hippocampal neurogenesis regulates abusing drugs in a positive manner. the aim of this study was to identify factors that regulate neurogenesis in isolation period that increase preference for alcohol and salt. materials and methods: in this study sixteen rats were randomly divided into two groups: pair (social) and i...

A case-control study of relationships of diet and other traits to colorectal cancer in American blacks. The diet of individuals: a study of a randomly-chosen cross section of British adults in a Cambridgeshire village. SHORT REPORTS Concentrations of zinc and copper in pregnant problem drinkers and their newborn infants The mechanism whereby abuse of alcohol during pregnancy causes the fetal al...

BACKGROUND Genetic and environmental factors, including dietary copper intake, contribute to the pathogenesis of copper-associated hepatitis in Labrador retrievers. Clinical disease is preceded by a subclinical phase in which copper accumulates in the liver. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of a low-copper, high-zinc diet on hepatic copper concentration in Labrador retrievers with increase...

This prospective study sought to investigate serum levels of trace elements (cobalt, copper, zinc, and selenium) and to assess their effects on pregnancy and neonatal outcomes. Serum levels of trace elements in 245 Korean pregnant women (median gestational age at delivery was 39 + 4 weeks and interquartile range was 38 + 4-40 + 1 weeks) were compared with those of 527 general adults and those o...

The levels of plasma zinc, copper, caeruloplasmin, and growth hormone were determined in a group of normal people and in four groups of patients who were suffering from carcinoma of the bronchus, other forms of malignancy, chest illnesses, and diseases other than chest illness or malignancy. The plasma zinc was higher, and the plasma copper lower, in people without malignancy below the age of 3...

The effects of dietary cadmium on copper and zinc metabolism in animals are described. Emphasis is given to situations involving chronic exposure to low levels of cadmium, to the identification of population groups most at risk, and to the protective effect of dietary supplementation with copper and zinc. The mechanism of the interaction between the metals and the involvement of metallothionein...

Mean serum zinc and copper levels were measured in pediatric patients with idiopathic aplastic anemia. Zinc levels were significantly lower in patients compared to controls and correlated with severity of disease. Serum copper levels were significantly higher in patients. There was no correlation with severity of disease. Cu/Zn ratio also correlated with severity of disease.