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- Title
The effect of vitamin C supplementation on plasma concentration and urinary excretion of vitamin C in cattle.
- Authors
Padilla, L.; Matsui, T.; Ikeda, S.; Kitagawa, M.; Yano, H.
- Abstract
We investigated the plasma concentration and urinary excretion of vitamin C in cows supplemented with vitamin C. Five cows (mean BW = 597 kg) were allocated to a 5 × 5 Latin square design and supplemented with a vitamin C preparation coated with hydrogenated soybean oil at 0, 10, 20, 40, or 60 mg of vitamin C per kg of BW per day for 9 d. Plasma and urine samples were collected for measuring vitamin C concentration. Urinary excretion of vitamin C was expressed as the ratio of vitamin C to creatinine. Plasma vitamin C concentration and urinary vitamin C excretion increased quadratically as dietary vitamin C increased (P < 0.00 1); that is, the lowest dose affected neither plasma vitamin C concentration nor urinary vitamin C excretion but the plasma vitamin C concentration and urinary vitamin C excretion increased (P < 0.05) with increasing supplementation of vitamin C at greater doses. This suggests that plasma vitamin C concentration affects urinary excretion of vitamin C in cattle and that plasma vitamin C concentration exceeded the renal threshold for vitamin C in the cows receiving vitamin C at 20 mg/kg of BW per day. Furthermore, increased urinary excretion of vitamin C appears to limit plasma vitamin C concentration in response to vitamin C intake. The daily excretion of vitamin C was estimated by the reported value of daily creatinine excretion, indicating that the daily amount of vitamin C excreted into urine was more than half of supplied vitamin C. Therefore, a large part of supplied vitamin C probably escapes ruminal degradation and is absorbed but excreted into urine.
- Subjects
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of vitamin C; DIETARY supplements; VITAMINS in animal nutrition; BEEF cattle; EXCRETION; ANIMAL nutrition; ANIMAL health; ANIMAL models in research
- Publication
Journal of Animal Science, 2007, Vol 85, Issue 12, p3367
- ISSN
0021-8812
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2527/jas.2007-0060