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Bompadre TFV, Martinez MIV, Fernandes EAN, Sakita GZ, Abdalla AL, Hanigan MD, Louvandini H. Trichostrongylus colubriformis infection damages intestine brush board cells and could negatively impact postabsorptive parameters of Santa Ines lambs. Exp Parasitol 2023; 246:108464. [PMID: 36682720 DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2023.108464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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This study aimed to evaluate histological, digestive and postabsorptive physiological parameters in Santa Ines lambs infected with Trichostrongylus colubriformis and fed different levels of phosphorus. Therefore, eighteen Santa Ines, castrated male, six-month old, healthy lambs (initial body weight 22.4 ± 2.7 kg) were distributed in one of four treatments arranged in a 2 × 2 split-plot arrangement: Sufficient dietary P level and uninfected (SPui; n = 4), Sufficient dietary P level and infected (SPi; n = 5), Deficient dietary P level and uninfected (DPui; n = 4), Deficient dietary P level and infected (DPi; n = 5). Infected lambs received, orally, a single pulse dose of 40.000 T. colubriformis infective larval stage (L3). Animals were fed Tifton 85 hay (Cynodon ssp.; 60%), and cassava meal and maize gluten meal (40%). Measurement of nutrient apparent digestibility and nitrogen metabolism were performed in individual metabolic stalls. To achieve the trial results, it was measured methane emissions in respiratory chambers, urine purine derivatives, ruminal short-chain fatty acids (SCFA), histological cuts of duodenal mucosal tissues and passage rates fluxes, analyzed by external (Yb, Cr, and Co) and internal (iNDF) markers. Statistical procedures were performed in R studio. The fixed main effects of treatment and the interactions were tested by ANOVA, and means compared by Duncan's test at 5% significance. Apparent digestibility was not affected by treatments, however, nitrogen retained decreased (P < 0.01) and urinary nitrogen losses increased (P < 0.01) in infected animals. Small intestine digesta content, empty segment weight, and length were higher in infected animals (P < 0.05). Passage rate was not majorly affected by infection or dietary P levels. Methane emissions, SCFA concentrations, and purine derivative excretion were also not affected by treatments. Regarding the histology, the vilosity weight (P < 0.05), and crypt depth (P < 0.01) decreased in infected animals. In conclusion, T. colubriformis infection can damage intestinal mucosa and affect nitrogen metabolism, but did not affect the digesta transit, and nutrient digestibility. The P dietary levels did not promote any modification in GIT physiological parameters tested in this study.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thiago F V Bompadre
- Animal Nutrition Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Radioisotope Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13418-000, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Radioisotope Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13418-000, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Nutrition Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Nutrition Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Tech, 2470 Litton-Reaves Hall (0315), 175 West Campus Drive, 24061, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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- Animal Nutrition Laboratory, University of Sao Paulo, Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), 303 Centenario Avenue, 13400-970, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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Bompadre TFV, Moretti DB, Sakita GZ, Ieda EH, Martinez MIV, Fernandes EAN, Machado-Neto R, Abdalla AL, Louvandini H. Long-term chromium picolinate supplementation improves colostrum profile of Santa Ines ewe. Biol Trace Elem Res 2020; 193:414-421. [PMID: 31079328 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-019-01741-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chromium (Cr) is a micromineral that is involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, ammonia, and nucleic acids; thus, its supplementation can influence the nutritional status of ruminants, and consequently, colostrum profile, since this secretion depends on products secreted by the mammary gland and elements of the maternal bloodstream. The present study investigated the influence of supplementation with Cr bound to organic molecule on the nutritional, immune, and antioxidant quality of ewe colostrum. Thirty-two multiparous Santa Ines ewes (55.3 ± 8.00 kg body weight) were randomly assigned into four groups: T1 (0.0 mg of chromium picolinate (CrPic) supplementation per ewe, n = 8), T2 (0.15 mg of CrPic per ewe, n = 9), T3 (0.30 mg of CrPic per ewe, n = 7), and T4 (0.45 mg of CrPic per ewe, n = 8). Supplementation was supplied during the breeding season, pregnancy, and lactation. Shortly after calving, the first milking colostrum was collected to determine its chemical composition, activity of lysozyme, lactoperoxidase, ceruloplasmin, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and oxygen radical absorbance capacity. The results show that lactoperoxidase activity decreased with CrPic supplementation (P < 0.01), revealing that this micromineral reduces an important component of defense mechanism in the body. Therefore, the results of this work show that supplementation with chromium picolinate influences colostrum quality.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thiago F V Bompadre
- Animal Science Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, 13416-000, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 11, Padua Dias Avenue, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, 13416-000, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, 13416-000, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Radioisotopes Laboratory, Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Radioisotopes Laboratory, Centre for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Department, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 11, Padua Dias Avenue, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, 13416-000, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Animal Science Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of Sao Paulo, 303, Centenario Avenue, 13416-000, Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Bompadre TFV, Neto OB, Mendonca AN, Souza SF, Oliveira D, Fernandes MHMR, Harter CJ, Almeida AK, Resende KT, Teixeira IAMA. Energy requirements in early life are similar for male and female goat kids. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2014; 27:1712-20. [PMID: 25358364 PMCID: PMC4213682 DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2014.14140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 06/06/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Little is known about the gender differences in energetic requirements of goats in early life. In this study, we determined the energy requirements for maintenance and gain in intact male, castrated male and female Saanen goat kids using the comparative slaughter technique and provide new data on their body composition and energy efficiency. To determine the energy requirements for maintenance, we studied 21 intact males, 15 castrated males and 18 females (5.0±0.1 kg initial body weight (BW) and 23±5 d of age) using a split-plot design with the following main factors: three genders (intact males, castrated males, and females) and three dry matter intake levels (ad libitum, 75% and 50% of ad libitum intake). A slaughter group included three kids, one for each nutritional plane, of each gender, and all three animals within a group were slaughtered when the ad libitum kid reached 15 kg in BW. Net energy requirements for gain were obtained for 17 intact males, eight castrated males and 15 females (5.1±0.4 kg BW and 23±13 d of age). Animals were fed ad libitum and slaughtered when they reached 5, 10, and 15 kg in BW. A digestion trial was performed with nine kids of each gender to determine digestible energy, metabolizable energy and energy metabolizability of the diet. Our results show no effect of gender on the energy requirements for maintenance and gain, and overall net energy for maintenance was 205.6 kJ/kg0.75 empty body weight gain (EBW) (170.3 kJ/kg0.75 BW) from 5 to 15 kg BW. Metabolizable energy for maintenance was calculated by iteration, assuming heat production equal to metabolizable energy intake at maintenance, and the result was 294.34 kJ/kg0.75 EBW and km of 0.70. As BW increased from 5 to 15 kg for all genders, the net energy required for gain increased from 9.5 to 12.0 kJ/g EBW gain (EWG), and assuming kg = 0.47, metabolizable energy for gain ranged from 20.2 to 25.5 kJ/g EWG. Our results indicate that it is not necessary to formulate diets with different energetic content for intact male, castrated male and female Saanen goat kids weighing from 5 to 15 kg.
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