Changes in stress-related plasma metabolite concentrations in working Mashona cows on dietary supplementation

Autor:	Michael Chimonyo, N. T. Kusina, H. Hamudikuwanda, I. Ncube
Rok vydání:	2002
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Plasma glucose General Veterinary Metabolite Serum urea chemistry.chemical_compound Nutrient Animal science Endocrinology chemistry Body condition score Work stress Internal medicine medicine Animal Science and Zoology Dietary supplementation Body condition
Zdroj:	Livestock Production Science. 73:165-173
ISSN:	0301-6226
DOI:	10.1016/s0301-6226(01)00252-4
Popis:	Effects of work stress and dietary supplementation on body condition score and plasma metabolite concentrations were determined in 16 multiparous Mashona cows in a smallholder crop–livestock farming area in Sanyati Communal Lands. The cows were divided into four treatment groups of equal numbers. These were: supplemented working (SW), supplemented non-working (SNW), non-supplemented working (NSW) and non-supplemented non-working (NSNW). Cows in the SW and NSW groups pulled carts with 400-l drums of water for a distance of 18 km five times each week for the 12 consecutive weeks of the experiment. During the experimental period, body condition scores were assessed at 2-weekly intervals and plasma metabolite concentrations determined in samples collected once per week. Imposing work reduced (P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
Externí odkaz:	https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::6474f14597c5001705d67f8770df02f3 https://doi.org/10.1016/s0301-6226(01)00252-4 Zobrazit plný text záznamu Full Text from ScienceDirect