Gjornâl Furlan des SiencisFriulian Journal of Science

No. 22 (2016): GFS
RESEARCH ARTICLES

Determination of mineral elements (Ca and P) in the long bones of cattle, sheep, goats and Arabian camels living in a tropical area (Somalia)

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  • FRANCO TUBARO,
  • ORNELLA BOSCHELLE,
  • LANFRANCO CONTE
FRANCO TUBARO
Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Italy.
ORNELLA BOSCHELLE
Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Italy.
LANFRANCO CONTE
Department of Agricultural, Food, Environmental and Animal Sciences, University of Udine, Italy.

Keywords

  • Mineral composition, bones, ICP-OES.

How to Cite

[1]
TUBARO, F., BOSCHELLE, O. and CONTE, L. 2016. Determination of mineral elements (Ca and P) in the long bones of cattle, sheep, goats and Arabian camels living in a tropical area (Somalia). Friulian Journal of Science. 22, 22 (Jun. 2016), 97–100.

Abstract

ICP-OES was applied to the evaluation of mineral composition in the long bones of some domestic mammalians from Somalia, results highlighted different values of the Ca/P ratio in different animals (sheep, goats, camels and cattle) also depending on sex

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