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BORON SUPPLEMENTATION
INCREASES HEMATOCRIT AND HEMOGLOBIN
Kurtoğlu F, Kurtoğlu V, Celik
I, Keçeci T, Nizamlioğlu M. (2005). Effects of dietary boron supplementation on some
biochemical parameters, peripheral blood lymphocytes, splenic plasma cells and bone
characteristics of broiler chicks given diets with adequate or inadequate cholecalciferol
(vitamin D3) content. Br Poult Sci.
46(1):87-96
The effects of 5 and 25 mg/kg
boron supplementation of diets with inadequate (6.25 microg/kg) or adequate (50 microg/kg)
cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) content on some biochemical parameters, tibia characteristics,
peripheral blood lymphocyte and splenic plasma cell counts of broilers were investigated.
(2)
Supplementation of the diet
with boron affected plasma concentrations of boron, iron, copper and zinc and also tibia boron,
zinc and calcium concentrations but did not have any effect on tibia iron or copper
concentrations or tibia ash and tibia weight values. (3)
Boron supplementation caused
significant increases in splenic plasma cell count but decreased the proximal and distal tibia
growth plate widths. There was no effect of boron supplementation on peripheral blood
alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase (ANAE) content.
Whole blood haematocrit and
haemoglobin counts were significantly increased by boron supplementation but there were no
effects on leucocyte ratios such as eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, lymphocyte and thrombocyte.
(4)
In general, the findings of
the present study support the hypothesis that boron has an important biological role that
affects the mineral metabolism of animals by influencing both biochemical and haematological
mechanisms.
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