Mineralization in newborn calves contributes to health, improve the antioxidant system and reduces bacterial infections

Effects of a single trace minerals injection on antioxidant and immune response, resistance to endoparasites, health and growth of newborn Boer kids

“…The ITM application increased the plasma concentration of SOD and GSH-Px in kids. Similar response was previously observed in cows (Vedovatto et al 2019a(Vedovatto et al , 2019b, calves (Glombowsky et al 2018, Vedovatto et al 2019c) and lambs (Cazarotto et al 2018. This response is likely due to the structural to these leukocytes due to the greater production of SOD and GSH-Px.…”

“…Similarly, the application of ITM in calves on day 0 and 30 days of age, reduced the incidence of diarrhea (41.7 and 49.7% for ITM and saline respectively) and pneumonia, otitis or both (41.6 and 49.1% for ITM and Saline respectively) (Teixeira et al 2014). In other studies, the ITM application at birth (Tomasi et al 2018) or on day 2 and again on day 14 (Glombowsky et al 2018) reduced the severity of the diarrhea, occurrence of pneumonia and the use of antibiotics in dairy calves. In the current study, ITM injection increased plasma concentrations of antioxidant enzymes which may have reduced the damage caused by the oxidative stress to the immune cells leading to a reduction in the incidence of diarrhea, by reducing the pathogenic bacteria infection in the gastrointestinal tract.…”

“…Increased concentration of antioxidants enzymes by ITM, results in improved immune system (Cazarotto et al 2018, Vedovatto et al 2019c) and less incidence of diseases (Teixeira et al 2014). Further, the application of ITM in calves reduced the incidence of diarrhea (Teixeira et al 2014, Glombowsky et al 2018, Tomasi et al 2018. For this reason, we hypothesized that the application of ITM in newborn kids could reduce the incidence of diarrhea from birth to weaning.…”

“…Although, many studies have evaluated the use of ITM in ruminants, the majority of the research has been done in cattle (Arthington et al 2014, Teixeira et al 2014, Glombowsky et al 2018, Vedovatto et al 2019a, 2019b, 2019c and lambs (Cazarotto et al 2018(Cazarotto et al , 2019. To the knowledge of the authors, no studies looking into ITM injection for goats have been published in the literature.…”

Effects of Parenteral Supplementation with Minerals and Vitamins on Oxidative Stress and Humoral Immune Response of Weaning Calves

“…Evidence in the literature shows that combined parenteral supplementation with Se, Cu, Zn and Mn improved immunological parameters [ 14 ] by increasing antibody response to vaccination against bovine herpes virus type 1 (BoHV-1) in steers [ 15 ] and bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in calves [ 16 ]. This type of supplementation also contributed to higher daily weight gain in heifers [ 17 ] and steers [ 18 ], improved health and antioxidant status and reduced bacterial infections in newborn calves [ 19 ]. Likewise, the use of injectable vitamin E and Se in prepartum dairy cattle enhanced antioxidant capacity [ 20 ] and decreased the incidence of postpartum mastitis [ 21 ].…”