Garlic in Ruminants Feeding

Mirzaei-Ag, Afshar; Sy, Syed Alireza; Fathi, Hasan; Rasouli, S; Sadaghian, Mohammad; Tarahomi, Mohamad

doi:10.3923/ajbs.2012.328.340

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“…The results of nutritive values indicated that the DCP and TDN values were increased (P<0.05) with feeding T1 and T2 compared with those fed control. These results are in good agreement with similar observation that supplemental GAP had improved CP digestibility (Wanapat et al, 2008 a, b), DM and OM digestibility (Patra-Kamra et al, (2011) and Mirzaei et al, (2012). The results also reinforced by a recent study showed that dietary GAP supplementation increased (P < 0.05) in vitro digestibility of DM (Sahli et al, (2018).…”

Section: Nutrients Digestibility and Nutritive Valuessupporting

confidence: 89%

Impact of Incorporating Garlic or Cumin Powder in Lambs Ration on Nutrients Digestibility, Blood Constituents and Growth Performance

El-Naggar

Ibrahim

2018

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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his study was designed to investigate the effect of garlic powder (GAP) or cumin powder (CUP) supplementation in growing lambs ration on nutrients digestibility, rumen liquor parameters, blood constituents and growth performance,. Eighteen of growing Barki lambs (averaged 5-6 months of age and weighted 27.5 ± 0.90 kg) were divided into three equal groups (6 animals each) in a feeding trial lasted 100 days. Animals were fed on basal diet (control) or supplemented with 2% GAP (T1) or CUP (T2) of the concentrate feed mixture. The results showed that apparent digestibility of all nutrients and nutritive values as total digestible nutrients (TDN) and digestible crude protein (DCP) were significantly (P<0.05) higher for lambs fed rations of GAP or CUP compared with those fed the control ration. Ruminal ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) was increased (P<0.05) for lambs fed rations GAP or CUP compared with those fed the control, however ruminal pH and TVFA"s were comparable among the experimental treatments. The values of N balances and dietary N utilization were increased (P<0.05) for lambs fed GAP supplemented ration compared with those fed control or CUP-supplemented diet. Meanwhile Average daily gain and feed conversion were higher (P<0.05) for lambs fed GAP or CUP than those fed control ration. Dry matter intake was comparable among the experimental treatments. There were no significant differences in plasma albumin and cholesterol concentrations among treatments, while plasma concentrations of total protein, globulin and total antioxidant capacity were higher (P<0.05) for lambs fed GAP or CUP than those fed control ration. Plasma triglycerides concentrations was higher (P<0.05) for lambs fed CUP than those fed GAP or control. Plasma malonaldhyed (MDA) was decreased (P<0.05) for lambs fed rations of GAP or CUP than those fed control ration. There was a decrease (P<0.05) in plasma concentrations of HDL with feeding CUP ration and levels of LDL with feeding GAP compared to feeding the control ration. This study showed that dietary supplementation of either garlic or cumin powder at 2 % significantly improved nutrients digestibility and growth performance in growing lambs, without any adverse effect on rumen fermentation.

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Section: Nutrients Digestibility and Nutritive Valuessupporting

confidence: 89%

Impact of Incorporating Garlic or Cumin Powder in Lambs Ration on Nutrients Digestibility, Blood Constituents and Growth Performance

El-Naggar

Ibrahim

2018

Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds

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“…Therefore, the arterial glucose supply can determine lactose synthesis in the mammary gland. Many studies have also shown positive correlations between glucose uptake and lactose synthesis in the mammary gland (Cant et al, 2002;Mirzaei-Aghsaghali and Fathi, 2012). Therefore, it was very likely that the reduced lactose concentrations in the milk of cows fed RS compared with the AH-fed cows resulted from the reduced glucose uptake by the mammary gland.…”

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An insufficient glucose supply causes reduced lactose synthesis in lactating dairy cows fed rice straw instead of alfalfa hay1

Wang

Zhao

Zhang

et al. 2016

Journal of Animal Science

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The objective of the present study was to investigate the nutrient availability for milk production in the mammary gland of lactating cows fed different forage-based diets. The 3 diets contained 30% corn stover (CS), 30% rice straw (RS), or 23% alfalfa hay plus 7% Chinese wild rye hay (AH) as a forage source. All diets contained 15% of DM as corn silage and 55% of DM as concentrate. The percentage of milk lactose was always lower in the RS-fed cows than in the cows fed AH or CS during the 12-wk feeding trial ( < 0.01). Ruminal propionate concentrations were lower in the RS group than in the AH group ( = 0.03). The ratio of insulin to glucagon in the mammary venous plasma was greater in the AH group than in the CS or RS group ( = 0.04). The abundance of the pyruvate carboxylase mRNA in the liver was lower in the RS group than in the AH or CS group ( = 0.04), and the abundance of mitochondrial phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, IGF-1 receptor, and phosphofructokinase-liver, phosphofructokinase-muscle, and phosphofructokinase-platelet mRNA in the liver were lower in the RS group than in the AH group ( < 0.05). The mammary glucose uptake was greater in the AH-fed cows than in the CS- or RS-fed cows ( = 0.02). The mRNA abundance of the glucose transporters in the mammary gland was similar among the 3 treatments. The mRNA abundance of α-lactalbumin in the mammary gland of the cows fed RS tended to be greater compared with that of the cows fed AH or CS. The milk potassium concentration was greater in the cows fed RS than those fed AH or CS ( < 0.01). In summary, the insufficient ruminal propionate concentrations in the cows fed RS were associated with lower gluconeogenesis in the liver, resulting in the shortage of glucose supply for mammary utilization.

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“…Currently, the livestock production sector is one of the largest contributors of anthropogenic sources of greenhouse gases (GHG), where livestock production accounts approximately for two-thirds of the direct emissions (Slade et al, 2016). Methane is the most important GHG since it accounts for about 50e60% of emitted GHG; it is also responsible for a loss of about 2e12% of gross energy of feed in ruminant production systems (Mirzaei-Aghsaghali et al, 2012). Thus, it is important to reduce enteric CH 4 production in ruminants and contribute to reduce global GHG emissions without any negative effect on feed conversion efficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%

The effect of garlic oil, xylanase enzyme and yeast on biomethane and carbon dioxide production from 60-d old Holstein dairy calves fed a high concentrate diet

Hernández

Kholif

Lugo-Coyote

et al. 2017

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Ruminal fermentation is accompanied by production of methane (CH 4) and carbon dioxide (CO 2) which are greenhouse gases (GHG) that cause environmental pollution. The effect of natural feed additives on the in vitro fermentation and production of CH 4 and CO 2 in dairy calf has had less attention. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of garlic oil, xylanase enzyme, and yeast on in vitro biogas production from dairy calves fed a high concentrate diet. Rumen contents from 60-d old Holstein calves fed a concentrate diet were used as inoculum source. Garlic oil was included at 30,120, 250 and 500 mL/g dry matter (DM), while xylanase was included at 3 and 6 mL/g DM and yeast at 2 and 4 mg/g DM. The substrate used was the same as the diet fed to calves. Garlic oil linearly decreased (P < 0.05) in vitro DM digestibility and there were no differences among levels of either xylanase or yeast. Garlic oil decreased (P < 0.05) DM degradability while xylanase and yeast had no effect. The lag phase was linearly increased (P < 0.05) with increasing level of garlic oil. Garlic oil quadratically decreased CH 4 and CO 2 production. The control treatment had the highest CH 4 and CO 2 production followed by xylanase, yeast and garlic oil. Increasing level of xylanase and yeast increased (P < 0.05) CO 2 production. It can be concluded that garlic oil followed by yeast and then xylanase can be used to mitigate in vitro CH 4 and CO 2 production from dairy calves fed a high concentrate diet. However, further research is warranted to establish the efficacy of such feed additives in in vivo trials.

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Garlic in Ruminants Feeding

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Impact of Incorporating Garlic or Cumin Powder in Lambs Ration on Nutrients Digestibility, Blood Constituents and Growth Performance

Impact of Incorporating Garlic or Cumin Powder in Lambs Ration on Nutrients Digestibility, Blood Constituents and Growth Performance

An insufficient glucose supply causes reduced lactose synthesis in lactating dairy cows fed rice straw instead of alfalfa hay1

The effect of garlic oil, xylanase enzyme and yeast on biomethane and carbon dioxide production from 60-d old Holstein dairy calves fed a high concentrate diet

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