EFFECT OF DIETARY LEAD ON PERFORMANCE, TISSUE MINERAL COMPOSITION AND LEAD ABSORPTION IN SHEEP K. R. Fick, C. B. Ammerman, S. M. Miller, C. F. Simpson and P. E. Loggins 2
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Twenty wether lambs were individually fed for 84 days to study the effect of dietary lead on performance and mineral composition of selected tissues. The treatments included O, 10, 100, 500 and 1,000 ppm supplemental lead as lead acetate added to a practical diet. Increased dietary lead did not affect feed consumption, weight gain or feed conversion ratio. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and blood lead were not affected by dietary treatments. Lead concentrations were higher (P
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
Twenty wether lambs were individually fed for 84 days to study the effect of dietary lead on performance and mineral composition of selected tissues. The treatments included O, 10, 100, 500 and 1,000 ppm supplemental lead as lead acetate added to a practical diet. Increased dietary lead did not affect feed consumption, weight gain or feed conversion ratio. Hemoglobin, hematocrit and blood lead were not affected by dietary treatments. Lead concentrations were higher (P
