Hair cortisol as a marker of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation in Friesian dairy cows clinically or physiologically compromised     

A. Comin  T. Peric  M. Corazzin  M.C. Veronesi  T. Meloni  V. Zufferli  G. Cornacchia  A. Prandi 《Livestock Science》2013,152(1):36-41

This study was designed to assess hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activation in lactating cows clinically or physiologically compromised. Cortisol was measured in the hair of 475 multiparous cows of Italian Friesian breed. The cows were classified into Groups A (n=218) and B (n=257). Group A included cows clinically compromised that had recently suffered a disease (e.g. metritis, laminitis, mastitis) or physiologically compromised that calved 1 month prior to hair sampling. Group B were clinically normal lactating cows at least 60 days after calving with somatic cell counts of less than 200,000 cells/ml in milk. Animals in Group A showed higher hair cortisol levels than those in Group B (P<0.01). Significant positive correlation (rpb=+0.352, P<0.001) was detected between hair cortisol and cows clinically or physiologically compromised. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.701 (SE 0.024) and a cut-off value of 4.17 pg/mg was found to discriminate between groups A and B with a sensitivity of 62.4% and specificity of 69.3%. The hair cortisol test emerged as useful to determine HPA activation and to enhance current understanding on the involvement of this axis in clinically or physiologically compromised cows.  相似文献   

复合乳酸菌发酵饲料对生长猪生长性能、粪便菌群、血清免疫和抗氧化指标的影响     

刘辉  季海峰  王四新  张董燕  王晶  张伟  王雅民 《动物营养学报》2022,34(2):783-794

本试验旨在研究复合乳酸菌发酵饲料对生长猪生长性能、粪便菌群、血清免疫和抗氧化指标的影响.选取平均体重(40.69±1.16)kg的健康"长×大"二元生长猪90头,随机分为3个组,每组3个重复,每个重复10头猪.对照组饲喂基础饲粮,试验Ⅰ组和试验Ⅱ组分别饲喂在基础饲粮中添加1％和3％复合乳酸菌发酵饲料的试验饲粮,试验期3...  相似文献   

Effects of oral administration of Spirulina platensis and probiotics on serum immunity indexes,colonic immune factors,fecal odor,and fecal flora in mice     

Lingyan Zhang  Xing Tao Zhang  Pingting Jin  Hongbo Zhao  Xue Liu  Qingkai Sheng 《Animal Science Journal》2021,92(1):e13593

To evaluate the effects of Spirulina platensis and probiotics on growth, immunity indexes, fecal flora, and fecal odor in mice, 40 mice were randomly allotted to four groups, and each was administrated with nothing, S. platensis, probiotics, or both for 28 days, respectively. Then, many indexes were measured. The results showed that S. platensis was more effective (P < 0.001) than probiotics in improving mice's feed conversion ration (FCR). In immunity, probiotics administration increased (P < 0.042) serum IgE, IgM, IFN-γ, colonic AHR, TLR4, and NF-κB protein expression and decreased (P < 0.039) serum IL-1α, IL-21, IL-22, and colonic ARNT gene expression. However, the S. platensis showed weaker effect, which increased (P < 0.025) the serum IgE, IgM, TNF-α, and the colonic AHR and NF-κB protein expression, and decreased (P < 0.01) serum IL-21. Probiotics consumption decreased the fecal odor by decreasing (P < 0.02) fecal Escherichia coli, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), and skatole contents, and the S. platensis decreased (P = 0.04) the IAA. These results indicated that oral administration of probiotics, S. platensis, or both of them in mice probably benefited body's immunity and reduced fecal odor. However, their mechanisms were still unclear and need further study.  相似文献   

Effect of trehalose supplementation in milk replacer on the incidence of diarrhea and fecal microbiota in preweaned calves     

Hiroto Miura  Kazuhisa Mukai  Keigo Sudo  Satoshi Haga  Yutaka Suzuki  Yasuo Kobayashi  Satoshi Koike 《Journal of animal science》2021,99(1)

Trehalose, a nonreducing disaccharide consisting of d-glucose with α,α-1,1 linkage, was evaluated as a functional material to improve the gut environment in preweaned calves. In experiment 1, 173 calves were divided into two groups; the trehalose group was fed trehalose at 30 g/animal/d with milk replacer during the suckling period, and the control group was fed nonsupplemented milk replacer. Medication frequency was lower in the trehalose group (P < 0.05). In experiment 2, calves (n = 20) were divided into two groups (control group [n = 10] and trehalose group [n = 10]) based on their body weight and reared under the same feeding regimens as in experiment 1. Fresh feces were collected from individual animals at the beginning of the trial (average age 11 d), 3 wk after trehalose feeding (experimental day 22), and 1 d before weaning, and the fecal score was recorded daily. Fecal samples were analyzed for fermentation parameters and microbiota. The fecal score was significantly lower in the trehalose group than in the control group in the early stage (at an age of 14 to 18 d; P < 0.05) of the suckling period. Calves fed trehalose tended to have a higher proportion of fecal butyrate on day 22 than calves in the control group (P = 0.08). Population sizes of Clostridium spp. were significantly lower (P = 0.036), whereas those of Dialister spp. and Eubacterium spp. tended to be higher in the feces of calves in the trehalose group on day 22 (P = 0.060 and P = 0.083). These observations indicate that trehalose feeding modulated the gut environment and partially contributed to the reduction in medication frequency observed in experiment 1.  相似文献   

Growing Degree Day: Noninvasive Remotely Sensed Method to Monitor Diet Crude Protein in Free-Ranging Cattle     

《Strength and Conditioning Journal》2020,73(2):234-242

The daily nutritional balance of free-ranging cattle is the net result of intake from available forage biomass and nutritive value weighed against the nutritional requirements of the animal. Plant phenology influences nutritive value. Plant phenology is dictated by time of year and an accumulation of photosynthetically active days. Growing degree day (GDD) is a concept that quantifies this relationship and has been used to predict nutritive value in perennial range grasses. GDD could be substituted for chemical analysis to inform grazing animal nutritional monitoring efforts. We hypothesized that in C4 grass-dominated rangelands, a cumulative GDD calculation would correlate with diet crude protein (CP) predictions obtained by fecal near infrared spectroscopy (FNIRS) from free-ranging cattle. Therefore, the objectives of our research were to evaluate the effectiveness of GDD to predict FNIRS-derived determinations of grazing cattle diet CP in 1) two groups of three individual animals grazing a small native pasture and 2) large commercial-scale herds grazing expansive rangelands. For the first objective, cumulative GDD and FNIRS-predicted diet CP were strongly correlated (r² = 0.76; P < 0.01). Relationships between cumulative GDD and FNIRS-predicted diet CP for the second objective varied considerably among ranches, ranging from a low r² of 0.05 (P = 0.871) to a high r² of 0.78 (P < 0.049). Similar values for individual ranch/year combinations were stronger; ranging from a minimum r² of 0.44 (P = 0.556) to a maximum of 0.95 (P = 0.051). The aggregate relationship between GDD and FNIRS-predicted CP for all ranch/year combinations was highly significant (r² = 0.37; P < 0.001), but the standard error was 1.86% CP. The noninvasive remotely sensed grazing animal nutritional monitoring method described here was accurate enough to inform tactical rangeland diet quality assessments but was not accurate enough to inform operational-scale grazing management decisions.  相似文献   

单宁和氧化锌组合对断奶仔猪粪便菌群、血清抗氧化及肝脏功能指标的影响     

陶勇  杨晓志  王见悠  徐斌  任善茂  孙清平 《中国畜牧兽医》2019,46(6):1644-1651

本试验旨在研究单宁和氧化锌不同水平组合对断奶仔猪粪便菌群及血清免疫、抗氧化和肝脏功能相关血液生化指标的影响。选用体重相近,25日龄杜×长×大断奶仔猪270头,随机分成9组,每组3个重复,每个重复10头猪。对照组饲喂基础日粮加高锌（3 000 mg/kg氧化锌）的日粮,试验1~8组（T1~T8）分别饲喂基础日粮添加以下氧化锌与单宁组合的日粮：（2 000+0）、（2 000+1 000）、（1 000+0）、（1 000+1 000）、（1 000+1 500）、（1 000+2 000）、（0+1 500）、（0+2 000） mg/kg。试验期30 d。分别于试验的第14与28天采集仔猪新鲜粪样,测定粪便中各细菌的数量。试验结束采集血样,测定血清免疫、抗氧化及肝脏功能相关指标。结果显示,试验第14天,各组断奶仔猪粪便大肠杆菌、乳酸菌和双歧杆菌数量均无显著差异（P>0.05）。试验第28天,T1、T6组断奶仔猪粪便乳酸菌数量极显著高于对照组（P<0.01）,而双歧杆菌数量则显著高于对照组（P<0.05）,但各组大肠杆菌数量均无显著差异（P>0.05）。各组断奶仔猪血清中IgG和IgA含量、MDA含量及GSH-Px活力均无显著差异（P>0.05）。但T5、T6、T7、T8组断奶仔猪血清GSH含量极显著高于对照组（P<0.01）。除了T2和T5组,其余各组猪血清谷草转氨酶活性均显著或极显著低于高锌对照组（P<0.05;P<0.01）。本试验结果表明,与单一使用高剂量氧化锌相比,单宁与氧化锌适量水平组合有利于乳酸菌及双歧杆菌的增殖、提高断奶仔猪抗氧化能力并对肝脏产生保护作用。  相似文献   

Fecal D- and L-lactate, succinate and volatile fatty acid levels, and relationships with fecal acidity and diarrhea in neonatal calves     

Hiroshi SATO  Masateru KOIWA 《Animal Science Journal》2008,79(2):187-192

To clarify the significance of fecal organic anions in neonatal diarrhea, a total of 252 fecal samples (91 diarrheic, 161 normal) were collected from 136 dairy calves (including three crossbreds) less than 4 weeks old. Fecal pH, D‐ and L‐lactate, succinate and volatile fatty acid (VFA) were analyzed. In normal feces, lactate was highest and VFA was lowest at week 1 of age, and lactate progressively decreased and VFA progressively increased with advancing age. In diarrheic samples, although higher pH and lower lactate levels were confirmed at week 1, samples at weeks 3–4 showed lower pH and VFA accompanied by higher lactate of D and L‐isomers. In diarrhea, fecal butyrate was significantly lower at all stages, but succinate levels did not differ significantly. The proportion of lactate to organic anions (sum of lactate, succinate and VFA) in diarrheic feces was lower at week 1, and higher in weeks 2–4, while that of VFA to organic anions showed the opposite pattern. Strong relationships were observed between fecal pH and lactate, and VFA proportions in organic anions, though the relationship was weak in diarrhea. Most of the elevated lactate was observed in fecal samples with lower VFA. However, succinate had no relationship with VFA or lactate levels.  相似文献   

新型复合微生态制剂替代饲粮中抗生素对断奶仔猪生长性能、腹泻率以及粪便微生物的影响     

朱剑锋  曾凯斌  祁姣姣  胡学生  李希  李光月  胡文锋 《饲料研究》2019,(6):42-45

试验旨在研究使用复合微生态制剂部分替代饲粮中抗革兰氏阴性菌抗生素硫酸黏杆菌素对断奶仔猪生长性能、腹泻率以及粪便微生物的影响。选用28日龄健康长大二元杂交断奶仔猪320头(断奶日期与体重接近),随机分为4个处理,每个处理5个重复,每个重复16头(公母各半)。试验期30 d。试验结果显示:在生长性能方面,替代2组在试验末重、平均日增重上分别高于对照组8.72%(P<0.05)和17.24%(P<0.05),在料重比上比对照组降低5.78%(P<0.05),但是与抗生素组之间没有显著差异(P>0.05)。与对照组相比,饲粮中添加1 000 mg/kg复合微生态制剂能显著降低断奶仔猪腹泻频率(P<0.05)。在对粪便微生物的影响方面,饲粮中添加1 000 mg/kg复合微生态制剂饲喂30 d能显著提高断奶仔猪粪便中乳酸菌含量9.75%(P<0.05),显著降低大肠杆菌含量13.22%(P<0.05)。因此,在断奶仔猪饲粮中添加复合微生态制剂能够替代抗生素类添加剂硫酸黏杆菌素,可达到显著提高仔猪生长性能、降低仔猪腹泻频率、改善仔猪肠道健康的功效,其最适添加剂量为1 000 mg/kg。  相似文献   

不同水平的植物乳杆菌代谢产物对肉鸡生长性能、粪微生物菌群及绒毛形态的影响     

龚胜  邓树勇  甘凌秀 《中国饲料》2019,(4):36-40

本试验在日粮中添加不同水平的植物乳杆菌代谢产物,研究其对肉鸡生长性能、粪微生物菌群、挥发性脂肪酸含量及小肠绒毛形态的影响。选择健康、体重一致的1日龄AA肉鸡576只,采用单因素试验设计,随机分为6组,每组4个重复,每个重复24只鸡,对照组饲喂基础日粮+80 mg/kg新霉素,处理组分别在基础日粮中添加0.1%、0.2%、0.3%、0.4和0.5%不同水平的植物乳杆菌代谢产物。试验共进行42 d。结果显示:0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组较对照组、0.1%、0.3%和0.5%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组显著提高了42 d肉鸡末重、总增重和平均日增重(P <0.05),0.1%和0.3%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组较0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组显著提高了肉鸡饲料转化率(P <0.05)。对照组较各植物乳杆菌代谢产物组显著提高了粪中大肠杆菌含量(P <0.05),与0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组相比,对照组、0.1%、0.2%和0.5植物乳杆菌代谢产物组显著降低了粪中乙酸含量(P <0.05),0.1%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组较0.3%、0.4%和0.5%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组显著提高了粪中丁酸含量(P <0.05)。0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组总挥发性脂肪酸含量最高,显著高于对照组(P <0.05)。0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组十二指肠和空肠绒毛高度显著高于其他各组(P <0.05),0.2%和0.3%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组十二指肠绒毛高度显著高于对照组、0.1%和0.5%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组(P <0.05),0.2%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组空肠绒毛高度显著高于对照组、0.1%和0.5%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组(P <0.05)。0.1%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组回肠绒毛高度最高(P <0.05)。对照组和0.1%组植物乳杆菌代谢产物十二指肠和空肠隐窝深度显著高于0.4%和0.5%植物乳杆菌代谢产物组(P <0.05),但对照组回肠隐窝深度最低(P <0.05)。结论 :日粮添加植物乳杆菌代谢产物可以改善肉鸡生长性能,降低粪中大肠杆菌含量,提高小肠绒毛高度和粪中挥发性脂肪酸含量,其中日粮添加0.2%和0.4%植物乳杆菌代谢产物对肉鸡增重、饲料转化率和绒毛高度的影响最佳。  相似文献   

Randomized field trial on the effects of body weight and short transport on stress and immune variables in 2‐ to 4‐week‐old dairy calves     

Christien Masmeijer  Bert Devriendt  Tina Rogge  Katharina van Leenen  Lieze De Cremer  Bonny Van Ranst  Piet Deprez  Eric Cox  Bart Pardon 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2019,33(3):1514-1529

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