Effect of diet on the metabolic profile of ostriches (Struthio camelus var. domesticus) |
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| Authors: | F Bovera G Moniello N De Riu C Di Meo W Pinna A Nizza |
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| Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche e Ispezione degli Alimenti, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, via F. Delpino 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy;(2) Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy |
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| Abstract: | In order to study the metabolic profile of ostriches in relation to diet, 40 animals of both sexes were divided equally into
two groups and fed two diets ad libitum consisting, on a dry matter basis, of the same commercial concentrate (60%) for the two groups and of corn silage (group
A) or alfalfa hay (group B). In the morning, after about 12 h of fasting, blood was collected from the wing vein. The following
haematological parameters were determined with an automatic system (Ektachem 250 analyser, Kodak): glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides,
lactate (LAC), total protein (TP), uric acid, total bilirubin (Tbil), creatinine (CREA), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus
(P), sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl−), iron (Fe), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (AP), cholinesterase
(ChE), α-amylase (Amyl), lipase (LIP) and γ-glutamyltrasferase (GGT). Diet significantly affected some parameters of the metabolic
profile. Indeed, owing to the presence of alfalfa hay in the diet, group B showed, in comparison to group A, significantly
higher values of uric acid (222.5 vs 387.5 mmol/L, p < 0.01), GGT (8.50 vs 11.3 U/L, p < 0.05), Tbil (8.50 vs 10.7 mmol/L, p < 0.05), Ca (2.41 vs 2.83 μmol/L, p < 0.01), Mg (1.01 vs 1.18 μmol/L, p < 0.05) and K (2.71 vs 3.16 μmol/L, p < 0.01). The levels of creatinine (27.3 vs 32.6 mmol/L, p < 0.05) and AST (344.9 vs 461.4 U/l, p < 0.01) were also higher for group B. |
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| Keywords: | Diets Metabolic profile Ostrich Struthio camelus |
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