Survey of biochemical and oxidative profile in donkey foals suckled with one natural and one semi-artificial technique

Autor: Marzia Albenzio, Gerardo Centoducati, Gianluca Neglia, Elisabetta Casalino, Alessandra Tateo, Aristide Maggiolino, Pasquale De Palo
Přispěvatelé: De Palo, Pasquale, Maggiolino, Aristide, Albenzio, Marzia, Casalino, Elisabetta, Neglia, Gianluca, Centoducati, Gerardo, Tateo, Alessandra
Rok vydání: 2018
Předmět:
Physiology
animal diseases
lcsh:Medicine
Aminotransferases
Biochemistry
0403 veterinary science
Blood serum
Medicine and Health Sciences
lcsh:Science
Asses
Mammals
Donkey
Suckling
Milking procedures
Biochemical profile
Multidisciplinary
Eukaryota
Oxides
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Body Fluids
Peroxides
Enzymes
Animals
Suckling
Hydroperoxide
Chemistry
Milk
Blood
Italy
Foal
Creatinine
Vertebrates
Physical Sciences
Metabolome
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Female
Milk Substitutes
Donkey
Anatomy
Research Article
040301 veterinary sciences
Equines
Biology
Milking
Beverages
Animal science
NEFA
Transferases
Albumins
biology.animal
Animals
Metabolomics
Weaning
Nutrition
lcsh:R
Organisms
Chemical Compounds
Phosphatases
0402 animal and dairy science
Biology and Life Sciences
Proteins
Equidae
Animal Feed
040201 dairy & animal science
Diet
Blood chemistry
Amniotes
Enzymology
Hay
lcsh:Q
Biomarkers
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 6, p e0198774 (2018)
PLoS ONE
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Dairy donkey milking procedures require separating foals from their dams for a few hours a day. Artificial suckling in this species is a good technique for improving milk production and foal welfare. The aim of the work is to compare the effect of two different diets on donkey foals when separated from jennies for milking procedures with and without a milk replacer. Forty newborn Martina Franca donkey foals were subdivided into two experimental groups. Both groups were separated from their respective dams from 8.00to 20.00to allow the jennies to be milked. During the separation, all the foals had access ad libitum to water, hay and feed. During the separation period, one group had the availability of a mechanical milk replacer dispenser, so foals were partially artificially suckled (AS), while the other group had no milk replacer available, and so were totally naturally suckled (NS). The AS group had milk replacer availability until 120±7d of life. Both groups were naturally weaned at 168±7d. Blood samples were collected weekly starting from birth until two wks after weaning (i.e. at 182d), from all the foals included in the trial. Almost all the analytes were influenced by suckling technique and age of foals. Alanine-aminotransferase, aspartate-aminotransferase, alkaline phosphatase, NEFA, lipid hydroperoxides, serum proteins showed the greatest differences between the two experimental groups. Separating foals from their dams for 12hdaily for 24 weeks does not lead to pathological subclinical and metabolic conditions, thus confirming the high rusticity and resistance of the donkey.
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