Scholtz, Nicole D.: Immunological, histological, and metabolic investigations in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed with diets containing maize with the Cry1Ab trait versus non-biotech counterparts for up to 20 generations. - Bonn, 2010. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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author = {{Nicole D. Scholtz}},
title = {Immunological, histological, and metabolic investigations in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) fed with diets containing maize with the Cry1Ab trait versus non-biotech counterparts for up to 20 generations},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2010,
month = mar,

note = {The aim of this dissertation was to advance the ongoing debate as to whether health is affected by the intake of diets containing maize with the Cry1Ab trait in comparison to non-biotech counterparts. For this purpose the Japanese quail was used as a model organism. Initially serum chemistry reference values were established from up to 125 male and 151 female adult quail. Most parameters observed showed sex-related differences.
In the following experiment, quail from generations 17 to 20 of a multigenerational comparison with animals fed diets containing either genetically modified Bacillus thuringiensis-maize (Bt), or isogenic maize (ISO) (n=40/feeding group/sex) were used. In addition, animals fed these maize varieties in first generation (n=30/feeding group/sex), as well as further control groups fed with two different isogenic hybrid reference maize cultivars (REF) (n=30/feeding group/sex) were included. At 16 wk of age, blood samples were analyzed for serum biochemical parameters and liver tissue was histomorphometrically evaluated.
Statistical differences between feeding groups occurred in few of the observed parameters; they were neither consistent nor analogous and were not limited to Bt vs. ISO, or REF comparisons.
In a further experiment, the effect of an active immunization against bovine serum albumin (BSA) was tested in feeding regimen including Bt or isogenic maize. After 16 wk on the experimental diets, one half of each feeding group was injected with BSA or NaCl, respectively. Thirty-six h after the injection, half of the BSA injected group (n=30) and half of the saline group (n=30) from both feeding groups were sacrificed and blood samples were analyzed for zinc concentrations that are indicative for an acute phase reaction. From the remaining animals, egg yolk samples were obtained biweekly from 0 to 6 wk following the injection and were analyzed for total IgY concentration and BSA-specific IgY titers. The response of both variables to the BSA injection did not differ between feeding groups. For serum zinc, no alterations related to the immunization against BSA were detectable. When pooling the BSA and saline injected quail within the Bt and the ISO feeding group, the Zn concentrations were slightly lower (p < 0.01) in the ISO animals than in the Bt group. The results indicated that feeding of Bt-maize does not impair the immune system of Japanese quail.
Analyses for nutrient composition and mycotoxins conducted in all feeds, yielded similar nutrient contents and no differences in the concentrations of zearalenone (ZON) and deoxynivalenol (DON); concentrations of DON and ZON were consistently below the limits of acceptance of the European Commission.
In conclusion, the present dissertation contributes to the general discussion of using genetically modified crops in animal nutrition, showing that no obvious adverse effects were observed in neither comparison. The results are of general importance to animal science and provide support for the comparability of Bt-maize to conventional reference maize varieties in terms of animal health.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/4196}
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