Effects of Feeding Adult Bovine Rumen Fluid on Growth Performance, Fiber Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Calves

GUO Yanfei; SHEN Yizhao; LI Yan; ZHAO Xiaojing; CAO Yufeng; LI Qiufeng; GAO Yanxia; LI Jianguo

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2021.10.055

2021 , Vol. 33 >Issue 10: 5965 - 5973

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2021.10.055

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Effects of Feeding Adult Bovine Rumen Fluid on Growth Performance, Fiber Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Calves

GUO Yanfei ,
SHEN Yizhao ,
LI Yan ,
ZHAO Xiaojing ,
CAO Yufeng ,
LI Qiufeng ,
GAO Yanxia ,
LI Jianguo

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1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China;
2. College of Veterinary Medicine, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China;
3. Baoding Vocational and Technical College, Baoding 071001, China;
4. Hebei Technology Innovation Center of Cattle and Sheep Embryo, Baoding 071001, China

Received date: 2021-03-03

Online published: 2021-10-16

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Abstract

This experiment was conducted to study the effects of feeding adult bovine rumen fluid on growth performance, fiber digestion and serum biochemical indexes of calves. Forty-five healthy newborn calves with similar body weight (37.50 to 45.00 kg) were randomly divided into 3 groups with 15 calves in each group. Calves in control group were fed fresh raw milk, calves in 2 trial groups were fed fresh raw milk+fresh adult bovine rumen fluid (FRF group) and fresh raw milk+autoclaved adult bovine rumen fluid (ARF group), respectively. The experimental period was 56 days. The results showed as follows:1) although there were no significant differences in the weaning weight, average daily gain and average daily dry matter intake among groups (P>0.05), the feed/gain of calves in FRF group was significantly lower than that in control group and ARF group (P<0.05). 2) The body size including the body height, body length, hearth girth and abdominal circumference did not significantly differ among groups (P>0.05), except cannon circumference in FRF group was significantly greater than in control group and ARF group (P<0.05). 3) Calves in FRF group had greater apparent digestibilities of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) compared with calves in control group and ARF group (P<0.05). 4) The contents of glucose, total protein, albumin, globulin, total cholesterol, triglyceride and the activities of alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in serum had no significant differences among groups (P>0.05). Although the serum malondialdehyde content had no significant difference among groups (P>0.05), the serum total antioxidant capacity of calves in FRF group was significantly higher than that in control group and ARF group (P<0.05). In conclusion, feeding fresh adult bovine rumen fluid does not affect the daily gain and feed intake, but has the promotional effect on the digestion of NDF and ADF, and can improve the body antioxidant capacity of calves.

Key words： rumen fluid; newborn calves; fiber digestibility; total antioxidant capacity

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GUO Yanfei , SHEN Yizhao , LI Yan , ZHAO Xiaojing , CAO Yufeng , LI Qiufeng , GAO Yanxia , LI Jianguo . Effects of Feeding Adult Bovine Rumen Fluid on Growth Performance, Fiber Digestion and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Calves[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2021 , 33(10) : 5965 -5973 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2021.10.055

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