FOUR-WEEK SAFETY EVALUATION OF MEAT PRODUCED BY CLONED COWS IN RATS

  • Park, Ehn-Kyung (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Jung, Eun-Yong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Zhang, Hu-Song (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Huang, Zai-Zhi (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Ji, Hyeong-Jin (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kwon, Young-Bang (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Joong (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Nam, Sang-Yoon (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University) ;
  • Kang, Jong-Koo (College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungbuk National University)
  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

This study was to evaluate oral toxicity of meat originated from cloned cows in 7-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats. The meats were mixed with 2%, 10%. and 50% in basal diet and were fed to SD rats for 28 days, respectively. There were no changes in clinical signs, blood and urine analyses, change of body weight, and feed intake or water consumption in all animals treated with the meat mixtures.(omitted)

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