The Effect of Calcium Level of Diet on the Metabolism of Calcium, Phosphorus and Magnesium in Pregnant Rats

Part 2 Mineral Contents of Fetuses

Abstract

To investigate the effect of the dietary calcium level of pregnant rats on the contents of calcium, phosphorus and magnesium of their offsprings, fetuses at 22nd day of gestation were used.
From the analytical data of 186 fetuses of 20 litters from mother rats on various diets, no siginificant differences could be found between the mineral contents of the fetus of each group and also no direct correlations were found between the growth of fetuses and the amount of calcium retained in mother rats during the pregnancy.