RADIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF VITAMIN A ON THE RATE OF FOOD PASSAGE IN FAYOUMI CHICKEN | ||
| Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal | ||
| Article 4, Volume 4.1, Issue 7, January 1977, Pages 35-41 PDF (2.65 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/avmj.1977.193149 | ||
| Authors | ||
| F. A. Soliman; M. Saleh; E. Seifelnasr; H. Hassan | ||
| Department of Physiology and Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Three groups of one-day-old chicken were raised for a period of 8 weeks on a ration which differed only in the level of Vit. A content. At the end of this period the rate of passage of food along the alimentary tract of the birds were investigated radiologically using barium sulphate as a radioopaque substance. It was found that hyper-as well as hypovitaminosis A both lead to retardation of the rate of passage of food along the digestive tract with consequent retardation of the growth. The reasons for such retardation have been discussed. | ||
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