[Effect of an alimentary thiocyanate supplement on the hide characteristics of mink (Mustela vision)]
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W Weuffen1, A Kramer, B Thürkow
1Institut für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
Berliner Und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift
|September 1, 1994
Abstract:
In farm minks the following effects were achieved by additional feeding of KSCN (0,9-2,6 mg SCN-/kg body weight) equivalent to twice til triple the usual SCN- intake (0,2-0,9 mg SCN-/kg body weight) during the 3. to 7. month of life: improvement of the coat structure and of length, density, and elasticity of the guard hairs, additionally to increase of body weight and length.