التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Effects of feeding level on body weight, hump size, lipid content and adipocyte volume in the dromedary camel. |
| المؤلفون: |
Mohammed MB Bengoumi, Yannick YF Faulconnier, Ahmed AT Tabarani, Abdelmalek AS Sghiri, Bernard BF Faye, Yves YC Chilliard |
| المصدر: |
Animal Research / Annales de Zootechnie; Sep2005, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p383-393, 11p |
| مستخلص: |
In order to study the effect of underfeeding and overfeeding on the fat deposition in the dromedary camel, 14 camels were divided into three groups: an overfed-underfed group (OV-UN), an underfed-overfed group (UN-OV) and a control group (CTRL). After a 4-wk adaptation, a cross-over design was applied for 16 weeks including two periods of 8 weeks each. The three energy levels in the diet corresponded to 17% (UN), 68% (CTRL) and 134% (OV) of the theoretical maintenance energy requirements. Body weight and barymetric parameters were measured weekly. Hump fat samples were collected monthly for determination of adipocyte size and lipid content. Overfeeding had or tended to have a significant effect on body weight, hump size, hump lipid content and adipocyte volume. Thus, the increase of the hump weight was 71% in the OV-UN group and 19% in the UN-OV group. Hump fat content increased from 52.9 to 63.6% in the OV-UN group and from 54.2 to 64.7% in the UN-OV group. Similarly, trends were observed for the adipocyte volume with an increase from 138 to 253 pL and from 275 to 346 pL in the OV-UN and UN-OV groups, respectively. Underfeeding had reverse effects: the hump weight decreased by 41% in the OV-UN group and 4% in the UN-OV group. Similarly, the hump lipid content decreased significantly in the OV-UN group from 63.6 to 53.0% and not significantly from 58.0 to 54.2% in the UN-OV group. Underfeeding decreased the adipocyte volume from 253 to 167 pL (OV-UN group) and from 292 to 275 pL (UN-OV group). A high significant positive correlation was observed between the hump lipid content and adipocyte volume. Low speed changes in the hump size, volume and lipid content could be linked to the camel adaptation to underfeeding conditions in dry areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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