Experiment 1076253

Details

PropertyValue
Pharmacology
Administration routeIN RATION
OrganismGossypium hirsutum (MALVACEAE)
CitationLINDSEY,TO: HAWKINS,GE: GUTHRIE,LD:. (1980). PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF LACTATING COWS TO GOSSYPOL FROM COTTONSEED MEAL RATIONS.. 63()
Amount utilized
Compound isolated
DiseaseDAIRY COWS IN EARLY LACTATION WERE FED A BLENDED CORN-CORN SILAGE RATION SUPPLEMENTED WITH SCREW-PRESSED COTTONSEED MEAL FOR 14 WEEKS.CONTROL GROUPS RECEIVED DIRECT SOLVENT EXTRACTED COTTONSEED MEAL OR SOYBEAN MEAL IN THE TEST GROUP HEMOGLOBIN WAS DEPRESSED AND TOTAL PLASMA PROTEIN WAS ELEVATED BY THE 9TH WEEK.IN COWS FED SOLVENT MEAL ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY WAS DETECTED BY THE 7TH WEEK AND APPEARED LATER IN COWS FED THE PRESSED MEAL GOSSYPOL WAS DETECTED AND QUANTITATED IN PLASMA AND LIVER,BUT WAS NOT DETECTED IN ERYTHROCYTES OR MILK FROM COWS FED COTTONSEED MEAL. ELEVATED AMBIENT TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATED INCREASED RESPIRATION RATES IN COWS FED THE SOLVENT MEAL PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND GOSSYPOL IN TISSUES OF THE COWS SUGGEST THAT INTOXICATION IS POSSIBLE IN MATURE RUMINANTS CONSUMING COTTONSEED MEAL CONTAINING HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF FREE GOSSYPOL
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Qualitative resultACTIVE
AnimalCOW
Dose expressionCONC USED
GenderFEMALE