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The effect of sodium supplementation of pregnant cows on the preference of their calves for concentrate with added sodium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

M.O. Mohammed  and
C. J. C. Phillips
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The sodium appetite of cattle can be increased by feeding supplementary sodium in the first six weeks of life (Phillips et al., 1999). It has also been observed that the offspring of rats given supplementary sodium during pregnancy have an enhanced sodium appetite (Contreras and Kosten (1983), which may be due placental transmission of aldosterone and angiotensin, the regulators of sodium appetite. An experiment was conducted to determine whether the sodium intake of pregnant cows affected the sodium appetite of their calves.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2001 , 2001 , pp. 135
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2001

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