RT Journal Article
T1 Trace Element Distribution in Selected Edible Tissues of Zebu (Bos indicus) Cattle Slaughtered at Jimma, SW Ethiopia
A1 Dermauw, Veronique
A1 López Alonso, María Marta
A1 Duchateau, Luc
A1 Du Laing, Gijs
A1 Tolosa, Tadele
A1 Dierenfeld, Ellen
A1 Clauss, Marcus
A1 Jules Janssens, Geert Paul
AB The amount of trace elements present in edible bovine tissues is of importance for both animal health and human nutrition.This study presents data on trace element concentrations in semitendinosus and cardiac muscles, livers and kidneys of 60zebu (Bos indicus) bulls, sampled at Jimma, Ethiopia. From 28 of these bulls, blood samples were also obtained. Deficientlevels of copper were found in plasma, livers, kidneys and semitendinosus muscles. Suboptimal selenium concentrationswere found in plasma and semitendinosus muscles. Semitendinosus muscles contained high iron concentrations. Traceelements were mainly stored in the liver, except for iron and selenium. Cardiac muscles generally contained higherconcentrations of trace elements than semitendinous muscles except for zinc. A strong association was found between liverand kidney concentrations of copper, iron, cobalt and molybdenum. Liver storage was well correlated with storage insemitendinosus muscle for selenium and with cardiac muscle for cobalt and selenium. Plasma concentrations of copper,selenium, cobalt were well related with their respective liver concentrations and for cobalt and selenium, also with cardiacmuscle concentrations. The data suggest multiple trace element deficiencies in zebu cattle in South-West Ethiopia, withlowered tissue concentrations as a consequence. Based on the comparison of our data with other literature, trace elementconcentrations in selected edible tissues of Bos indicus seem quite similar to those in Bos taurus. However, tissue thresholdvalues for deficiency in Bos taurus cattle need to be refined and their applicability for Bos indicus cattle needs to beevaluated.
PB PLOS
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22096
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/22096
LA eng
NO Dermauw V., López Alonso M., Duchateau L., Du Laing G., Tolosa T., et al. (2014). Trace Element Distribution in Selected Edible Tissues of Zebu (Bos indicus) Cattle Slaughtered at Jimma, SW Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 9(1): e85300
NO This research was performed within the doctoral research project of Veronique Dermauw, funded by the Agency for the Promotion of Innovation through Science in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen), grant no. 093348
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