MEAT LEVELS OF 25-HYDROXY VITAMIN D3 IN MOROCCAN ONE-HUMPED DROMEDARY CAMELS (CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS)

Mohammed El Khasmi; Rita Bargaâ; Fouad Riad; Abdallah Safwate; Tahri El Hassane; M. Farh; N. El Abbadi; Rachid Abouhafs; Bernard Faye

doi:10.9755/ejfa.v25i4.15495

Authors

Mohammed El Khasmi Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
Rita Bargaâ Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
Fouad Riad 1 Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
Abdallah Safwate 1 Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
Tahri El Hassane 1 Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
M. Farh 1 Laboratoire de Physiopathologie et Génétique Moléculaire. Equipe: Hormones et métabolisme, Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Faculté des Sciences Ben M’Sik, Casablanca, Morocco
N. El Abbadi 2 Chef de l'Unité de Radio-Immuno-Analyse/division des sciences du vivant/CNESTEN, B.P. 1382 R.P., 10001, Rabat, Marocco
Rachid Abouhafs 3 Service vétérinaire préfectoral de Casablanca, Morocco
Bernard Faye 4 FAO/CIRAD-ES, Campus International de Baillarguet, TA C/dir B 34398 Montpellier, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9755/ejfa.v25i4.15495

Keywords:

25-hydroxyvitamin D3, Dromedary camel, Ash, Meat, Morocco

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25-OH-D3) amounts in meat and serum of the Moroccan one-humped camels. The obtained results showed that the 25-OH-D3 amounts in serum (ng/mL), liver, kidney and muscle (ng/g) were 390±45; 7.071±1.003; 6.154±1.067 and 4.241±1.045 respectively. Values in liver were significantly higher (p< 0.05) than those of muscle. Serum 25-OH-D3 levels in camels were very higher than those of ruminant species. Meat of camel was rich in water and ash, and the amounts of 25-OH-D3 in it's various analyzed tissues were similar to those reported for this constituent in the corresponding tissues of bovine species and slightly higher than those measured in other domestic animals.