Effects of dietary sepiolite usage on performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters and rumen fluid metabolites in Merino cross breed lambs

Burçak, Ender; Yalçın, Sakine

doi:10.1016/j.clay.2018.07.001

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“…Serum metabolites are important biochemical parameters reflecting the health status of an animal and its metabolic activity [32]. In recent years, serum biomarkers have been used as diagnostic standards for assessing animal health due to their convenient and economical features [7,33,34]. Recent research had reported that greater GH levels enhance lipid mobilization in animals, which is essential in promoting muscle and bone growth [35,36].…”

Section: Serum Metabolitesmentioning

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Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Composition of Tibetan Sheep during the Cold Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Wang

Geng

et al. 2020

Animals

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Dietary protein is a critical nutrient that directly influences the health and production of livestock. Recent studies showed that protein supplements could enhance the growth performance of Tibetan sheep. However, there is a lack of information regarding the influence of dietary protein levels on carcass traits and meat composition. This study investigated the effects of dietary protein levels on growth performance, carcass traits, serum metabolites, and meat composition in Tibetan sheep during the cold season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. A total of eighteen 1-year-old, healthy, castrated Tibetan sheep with similar initial body weights (31.7 ± 0.72 kg) were randomly divided into three treatment groups with different dietary protein level (low protein (LP, 10.1%); medium protein (MP, 12.1%); high protein (HP, 14.1%)) diets. The results indicated that the Tibetan sheep fed with the MP and HP diets had greater final body weights (BWs), average daily gains (ADGs), and average daily feed intakes (ADFIs) (p < 0.05). The MP and HP diets also improved the hot carcass weight, net meat (including the fat) weight, and bone weight of the sheep significantly (p < 0.05). Besides, the dietary protein levels could significantly affect the serum concentrations of growth hormone (p < 0.05). The diameter of muscle fibers in the MP group was significantly greater than that in the LP group (p < 0.05), while the density of muscle fibers showed the opposite trend. The dietary protein levels only significantly (p < 0.05) influenced the ether extract content and profile content of the longissimus dorsi muscle but had no effect on other parameters of meat composition. In summary, our results indicate that dietary protein levels affect growth performance, carcass traits, and meat composition and that diets containing 12.1% and 14.1% protein are recommended to obtain better production performance and meat products in Tibetan sheep, rather than a diet containing 10.1% protein, during the cold season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau.

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Section: Serum Metabolitesmentioning

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Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Composition of Tibetan Sheep during the Cold Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Wang

Geng

et al. 2020

Animals

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“…Control group diet consisted of only basal diet. The composition of sepiolite used in this present study was shown in Table 2 (7). (14) and total phosphorus (1) were analyzed.…”

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“…Control group diet consisted of only basal diet. The composition of sepiolite used in this present study was shown in Table 2 (7). 7.1 6.4 1 : Provides 1.5 kg of premix: 9000000 IU vitamin A, 4000000 vitamin D3, 50000 mg vitamin E, 2000 mg vitamin K3, 2000 mg vitamin B1, 5000 mg vitamin B2, 40000 mg niacin, 15000 mg calcium D pantothenate, 2000 mg vitamin B6, 10 mg vitamin B12, 1500 mg folic acid, 100 mg D-biotin, 120000 mg Mn, 40000 mg Fe, 100000 mg Zn, 16000 mg Cu, 1250 mg I, 200 mg Co, 300 mg Se, 125000 mg antioksidant (ethoxyquin, BHA).…”

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Effects of dietary supplementation of betaine and sepiolite supplementation on performance and intestinal health in broilers

Uzunoğlu¹,

Yalçın²

2019

Ankara Üniversitesi Veteriner Fakültesi Dergisi

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The aim of the study was to explain the effects of betaine and sepiolite in diets on performance, carcass characteristics, some blood parameters and some intestinal health parameters in broilers. A total of 192 daily Ross 308 male broiler chicks were divided into one control group and three experiment groups each containing 48 chicks. Betaine and sepiolite was added as top dressed to the diets of experimental groups at the level of 0.15% betaine (1st group), 1.5% sepiolite (2nd group) and 0.15% betaine + 1.5% sepiolite (3rd group). Sepiolite and betaine were not added to the diet of control group. The experimental period was 6 weeks. No differences were observed in body weight, overall body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, carcass yield and the relative weights of gizzard, heart, liver, spleen and bursa of Fabricius among groups. The relative weight of abdominal fat decreased with betaine usage. Supplemental betaine increased relative percentage of kidney weight. Dietary supplementation of betaine with sepiolite had some positive effects on intestinal histomorphology characteristics. The level of serum triglyceride was reduced with 0.15% betaine inclusion in the diet. Albumin, cholesterol, protein, uric acid, AST, ALP and ALT levels of blood serum were not affected by betaine with and without sepiolite supplement. Blood serum IgG level was increased by dietary supplementation of betaine with and without sepiolite. It is concluded that the dietary usage of betaine with sepiolite in broilers can be useful in the field due to having some improvements in intestinal histomorphology and immunity. Broyler rasyonlarına betain ve sepiyolit ilavesinin performans ve bağırsak sağlığı üzerine etkileriÖzet: Bu araştırmanın amacı, broyler karma yemlerine betain ve sepiyolit ilavesinin performans, karkas özellikleri, bazı kan parametreleri ve bazı bağırsak sağlığı parametreleri üzerine etkilerini belirlemektir. Toplam 192 adet günlük Ross 308 erkek broyler civciv her biri 48 adet içeren bir kontrol ve üç deneme grubuna ayrılmıştır. Betain ve sepiyolit deneme grubu yemlerine dökme olarak %0.15 betain (1. grup), %1.5 sepiyolit (2. grup) ve %0.15 betain + %1.5 sepiyolit (3. grup) düzeylerinde ilave edilmiştir. Kontrol grubu konsantre yemine betain ve sepiyolit ilave edilmemiştir. Deneme süresi 6 haftadır. Betain ve sepiyolit ilavesi canlı ağırlık, canlı ağırlık kazancı, yem tüketimi, yemden yararlanma, karkas randımanı ile karaciğer, kalp, taşlık, dalak ve bursa Fabricus relatif ağırlıkları bakımından farklılık yaratmamıştır. Abdominal yağ relatif ağırlığı betain katkısı ile düşmüştür. Betain katkısı böbrek relatif ağırlığını artırmıştır. Betain ve sepiyolit katkısının bağırsak histomorflojisi özellikleri üzerine pozitif etkisi gözlenmiştir. Betainin %0.15 düzeyinde ilavesi kan serumu trigliserit değerini düşürmüştür. Kan serumunda protein, albumin, ürik asit, kolesterol, AST, ALT ve ALP düzeyleri betain ve/veya sepiyolit ilavesinden etkilenmemiştir. Kan serum IgG düzeyi betain ve/veya sepiyolit ilavesi ile artmıştı...

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“…It is also stated that the use of sepiolite at different levels as a feed additive also makes positive contribution to the performance and quality parameters of animals [12][13][14] . Burçak and Yalçın [15] showed that 2% sepiolite supplementation added to the rations of lamb increased the IgG level in the blood serum and thus enhanced immunity. Yalçın et al [16] reported that sepiolite addition at 1% to dairy cattle feed and fattening cattle feed as top-dressed decreased energy consumption during pelleting and enhanced pellet durability index (PDI).…”

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Süt Sığırı Konsantre Yemlerinde Sepiyolit Kullanımı İle Pelet Üretim Parametreleri ve Pelet Kalite Özelliklerinin İyileştirilmesi

Yalçın¹,

Burçak²,

Onbaşılar³

et al. 2018

Kafkas Univ Vet Fak Derg

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The aim of this study was conducted to determine the effects of sepiolite usage on pellet production parameters and pellet quality characteristics for dairy cattle concentrate feed under regular industrial conditions. In the experiment, 14 mt pellet feeds for control and two treatment groups with 7 batch each were produced in a commercial feed factory. Each batch was 2 mt. Control group feed produced contained 87.37% dry matter, 18.06% crude protein, 6.95% crude fibre and 5.34% ether extract. For the treatment groups, 1% and 1.5% sepiolite (Exal T) were used as top dressed in the mixer. Pelleting disc having 6.5 mm hole diameter was used in the factory. Energy consumption during pellet manufacturing was decreased with sepiolite supplementation (P<0.001) and pellet durability index (PDI) was enhanced with 1.5% sepiolite (P<0.05). These findings demonstrated that 1.5% sepiolite in dairy cattle concentrates as top dressed may be used as a binder to improve pellet quality and to reduce energy consumption during pellet production in the feed mill.

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Effects of dietary sepiolite usage on performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters and rumen fluid metabolites in Merino cross breed lambs

Cited by 8 publications

References 29 publications

Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Composition of Tibetan Sheep during the Cold Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Effects of Dietary Protein Levels on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits, Serum Metabolites, and Meat Composition of Tibetan Sheep during the Cold Season on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

Effects of dietary supplementation of betaine and sepiolite supplementation on performance and intestinal health in broilers

Süt Sığırı Konsantre Yemlerinde Sepiyolit Kullanımı İle Pelet Üretim Parametreleri ve Pelet Kalite Özelliklerinin İyileştirilmesi

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