Meza-Herrera C.A., Pacheco-Alvarez P., Castro O.E., Macias-Cruz U., Avendaño-Reyes L., Mellado M., VelizDeras F.G., Contreras-Villarreal V., Abad-Zavaleta J., Rodriguez-Martinez R., Arellano-Rodriguez G. (2017): Beta-carotene supplementation positively affects selected blood metabolites across time around the onset of puberty in goats. Czech J. Anim. Sci., 62, 22-31.The possible effect of beta-carotene supplementation upon peripubertal changes in serum concentrations across time for total protein (TP), urea (UR), cholesterol (CHOL), and glucose (GLU) around puberty onset was evaluated. The experiment was carried out from June to November and prepubertal goats (n = 17, 3 months old, 7/8 Saanen-Alpine, 1/8 Criollo) were randomly assigned to: (1) beta-carotene group (BC) (n = 9; 17.3 ± 1.0 kg live weight (LW), 3.3 ± 0.12 body condition score (BCS), oral supplementation with 50 mg beta-carotene per day per goat) and (2) control group (CC) (n = 8; 16.1 ± 1.0 kg LW, 3.1 ± 0.12 BCS). Serum blood samples were collected along the experiment to quantify progesterone concentrations (P4) through radioimmunoassay, while TP, UR, CHOL, and GLU through spectrophotometric analyses. No differences (P > 0.05) occurred between treatments regarding LW and BCS, and TP (67.6 ± 2.4 g/l), UR (3.8 ± 0.17 mmol/l), GLU (5.06 ± 0.09 mmol/l), and CHOL (1.62 ± 0.07 mmol/l) concentrations. However, while a treatment × time interaction occurred between treatments for TP, GLU, CHOL (P < 0.05) favouring the BC group, an increased serum UR levels occurred in the CC group. Nonetheless, such general serum metabolite profile was related neither to the age
Las poblaciones de la provincia de Catamarca, Argentina no tienen acceso al agua o el acceso es muy precario. Entre estas poblaciones se encuentran las de El Huayco, El Arbolito y El Puesto Nuevo, en el departamento Ancasti, donde cada familia y una escuela de la zona poseen su propia vertiente. En estos lugares se realizaron obras de captación de agua, a fin de que cada familia y la escuela tengan disponibilidad de este recurso. Con el objetivo de conocer la calidad del agua de abastecimiento de estas comunidades, se realizó un análisis del muestreo del agua en ocho manantiales. Los resultados obtenidos son en general aceptables, excepto en tres manantiales en los que se observa presencia de coliformes (Enterobacter sp.) y pseudomonas.
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