Volume 50: 197-204, 2001

Different Influence of Hypodynamy on Calcium and Phosphorus Levels in Bones of Male and Female Japanese Quails

J. ANTALÍKOVÁ, M. BARANOVSKÁ, I. MRAVCOVÁ, V. SABO, P. ŠKROBÁNEK

Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovak Republic

Received October 25, 1999
Accepted September 4, 2000

Summary
The influence of long-term hypodynamy on the calcium and phosphorus levels was studied in the bones of Japanese quails. The hypodynamy evoked different changes in the calcium and phosphorus content in males and females. The calcium content in the marrow of femurs was only changed in the hens, while in cockerels it was significantly decreased in the upper part and marrow of the tibia. Furthermore, changes in the phosphorus content were observed only in the tibia of cockerels.


Key words
Japanese quail · Bone · Calcium content · Hypodynamy

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PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
© 2001 by the Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences

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