RESEARCH PAPER

Effects of Diets Supplemented with Agastache rugosus Essential Oil on Growth Performance and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Beef Cattle under Heat Stress

  • SHANG Xianglong ,
  • YANG Ziman ,
  • LAN Jian ,
  • NIE Chuntao ,
  • CHEN Huan ,
  • QU Mingren ,
  • YANG Jianjun ,
  • SONG Xiaozhen
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  • 1. Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition/Jiangxi Province Engineering Research Center of Feed Development, College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China;
    2. Gaoan Yufeng Agriculture and Animal Husbandry limited company, Yichun 330800, China

Received date: 2021-05-25

  Online published: 2022-01-18

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of different levels of Agastache rugosus essential oil on growth performance and serum biochemical indexes of beef cattle under heat stress. Thirty-six healthy and 18-month-old Jinjiang cattle with initial weight of (330±20) kg were randomly divided into 4 groups, each with 3 replicates and 3 cattle in each replicate. The control group was fed a basal diet, and the experimental groups were fed experimental diets supplemented with 50, 100 and 150 mg/kg Agastache rugosus essential oil based on the basal diet. The experiment was conducted in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment in summer. The pre-feeding period of 10 days and the trial period was 30 days. The results showed as follows:1) the average temperature humidity index (THI) of the cowshed environment was above 79 during the experiment, and the respiratory rate of 50 mg/kg group and 150 mg/kg group was significantly decreased on day 30 compared with the control group (P<0.05). 2) Compared with the control group, average dry matter intake of experimental groups was significantly increased (P<0.05). The average daily gain (ADG) in 50 mg/kg group was significantly enhanced compared with the control group (P<0.05). 3) Compared with the control group, the content of serum albumin (ALB) in 50 mg/kg group and 150 mg/kg group were significantly increased (P<0.05); the content of serum growth hormone (GH) in all experimental groups was significantly increased (P<0.05), serum thyroxine (T4) content in 100 mg/kg group was significantly increased (P<0.05), and serum cortisol (COR) content in 100 mg/kg group and 150 mg/kg group was significantly decreased (P<0.05), and the contents of serum immunoglobulin A (IgA), immunoglobulin M (IgM) and immunoglobulin G (IgG) in 50 mg/kg group were significantly increased compared with the control group (P<0.05). These results indicate that high temperature and humidity in summer can cause heat stress of beef cattle, dietary supplemental with Agastache rugosus essential oil can alleviate heat stress response, improve immune function and enhance the growth performance of beef cattle under hot environment, and the optimum level of Agastache rugosus essential oil is 50 mg/kg.

Cite this article

SHANG Xianglong , YANG Ziman , LAN Jian , NIE Chuntao , CHEN Huan , QU Mingren , YANG Jianjun , SONG Xiaozhen . Effects of Diets Supplemented with Agastache rugosus Essential Oil on Growth Performance and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Beef Cattle under Heat Stress[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(1) : 395 -403 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.01.037

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