A polyherbal phytogenic additive improved growth performance, health, and immune response in dairy calves

Sánchez, Nallely; Lee-Rangel, Héctor Aarón; Martínez-Cortés, Ismael; Mendoza, G.D.; Hernández, Pedro; Espinoza, Enrique; Valladolid, A.; Flores-Ramírez, Rogelio; Roque-Jimenez, Alejandro; Campillo-Navarro, Marcia; Relling, Alejandro E

doi:10.1080/09540105.2021.1967296

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“…The dose of 2 g of PA (ImmuPlus ® ) kg −1 DM was chosen based on a previous report where ingestion of this dose (2 g kg −1 DM) resulted in increases on ruminal total volatile fatty acids and feed efficiency in growing lambs [ 63 ]. However, the growth performance of finishing lambs and suckling calves supplemented with PA with a similar composition to the PA used in this study has shown a dose-dependent response [ 5 , 64 ]. Therefore, the PA concentrations used included a low dose (1 g kg −1 DM) and a high dose (3 g kg −1 DM).…”

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Effects of a Polyherbal Dietary Additive on Performance, Dietary Energetics, Carcass Traits, and Blood Metabolites of Finishing Lambs

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of a polyherbal additive (PA) containing hydrolyzable tannins, flavonoids, and essential oils on productive performance, dietary energetics, carcass and meat characteristics, and blood metabolites of lambs in their finishing phase. Twenty-eight Pelibuey × Katahdin lambs (20.52 ± 0.88 kg body weight (BW)) were housed in individual pens and assigned to four treatments (n = 7) with different doses of PA: 0 (CON), 1 (PA1), 2 (PA2), and 3 (PA3) g of PA kg−1 of DM for 56 days. Compared to the CON, lambs in PA1 treatment had higher average daily gain (p = 0.03), higher dietary energy utilization (p = 0.01), greater backfat thickness (p = 0.02), greater Longissimus dorsi muscle area (p = 0.01), and better feed conversion ratio (p = 0.02). PA supplementation did not affect (p > 0.05) dry matter intake, carcass yield, biometric measures, and meat chemical composition. All hematological and most of the blood biochemical parameters were similar in lambs of all treatments (p > 0.05). However, compared to the CON, lambs assigned to the PA3 treatment had lower serum urea concentration (p = 0.05) and higher serum albumin concentration (p = 0.03). In conclusion, low doses of PA could be used as a growth promoter in finishing lambs without affecting dry matter intake, carcass yield, meat chemical composition, and health status of the lambs. However, more in vivo research is needed to better understand the impact of bioactive compounds from PA used on productivity, metabolism, and health status of finishing lambs.

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Effects of a Polyherbal Dietary Additive on Performance, Dietary Energetics, Carcass Traits, and Blood Metabolites of Finishing Lambs

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“…In other countries, such as Thailand, China, Mexico, and Japan, various plant species have been studied in aquaculture [ 17 ]. Thus, alternative sources of feedstuff should be evaluated to maximize animal production [ 18 , 19 ]. Recently, research that focused on using herbal feed additives has reported beneficial effects on livestock [ 20 ].…”

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Herbal Vitamin C Prevents DNA Oxidation and Modifies the Metabolomic Water Profile of Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

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This experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of herbal vitamin C at different levels on tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) growth, potential DNA damage, and the metabolomic profile of water effluent. Forty-five tilapias were housed in separate plastic tanks (80 L), and these were randomly assigned to three treatments: (a) a commercial diet (CD) only; (Nutripec Purina®); (b) the commercial diet plus 250 mg of herbal vitamin C (HVC)/kg (CD250); and (c) the commercial diet plus 500 mg of HVC/kg (CD500). Biometric measurements were taken each week, blood samples were collected from the caudal vein on the final day, and water effluent was taken each week and immediately frozen (−80 °C) until further analysis (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) systems). Data were completely randomized with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. Upon including herbal vitamin C, the final BW (p = 0.05) and BWG (p = 0.06) increased linearly. Herbal vitamin C decreases DNA damage (p ≥ 0.05). PLS-DA showed a 41.6% variation between treatments in the water samples. Fifteen metabolites had the best association between treatments, with a stronger correlation with CD500. Herbal vitamin C could improve fish performance, prevent DNA damage, and influence changes in the metabolomic profile of the water.

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An Indian polyherbal phytogenic source improved blood serum biochemistry and immune response of dairy calves

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Martínez-García

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Food and Agricultural Immunology

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A polyherbal phytogenic additive improved growth performance, health, and immune response in dairy calves

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Effects of a Polyherbal Dietary Additive on Performance, Dietary Energetics, Carcass Traits, and Blood Metabolites of Finishing Lambs

Effects of a Polyherbal Dietary Additive on Performance, Dietary Energetics, Carcass Traits, and Blood Metabolites of Finishing Lambs

Herbal Vitamin C Prevents DNA Oxidation and Modifies the Metabolomic Water Profile of Tilapia (Oreochromis spp.)

An Indian polyherbal phytogenic source improved blood serum biochemistry and immune response of dairy calves

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