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Effect of Gestation and Maternal Copper on the Fetal Fluids and Tissues Copper Concentrations in Sheep

• 2011
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Authors Abd Elghany Hefnawy, Saad M. Shousha, Seham Y. AbuKora and Jorge Tortora-Perez
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Abstract
Problem statement: Samples of allantoic, amniotic fluid, fetal liver, kidney, maternal
plasma and liver were collected from 30 ewes and classified into either early or late gestation and
copper concentrations were measured. Approach: The Cu concentrations in the maternal plasma,
allantoic, amniotic fluid, fetal liver and kidney increased significantly (p