Effects of Lactation Restriction on Growth Performance, Serum Immune and Antioxidant Indexes of Angus Calves and Reproductive Performance of Cows

HOU Pengxia; WANG Jiandong; SUN Wenyang; WANG Ruigang; JIANG Wu; YU Yang; ZHANG Enping; LIANG Xiaojun

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.01.039

2022 , Vol. 34 >Issue 1: 413 - 421

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.01.039

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Effects of Lactation Restriction on Growth Performance, Serum Immune and Antioxidant Indexes of Angus Calves and Reproductive Performance of Cows

HOU Pengxia ,
WANG Jiandong ,
SUN Wenyang ,
WANG Ruigang ,
JIANG Wu ,
YU Yang ,
ZHANG Enping ,
LIANG Xiaojun

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1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China;
2. Institute of Animal Science, Ningxia Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Yinchuan 750002, China;
3. Ecological Agriculture Limited Company of Ningxia Benwang, Yongning 750100, China

Received date: 2021-06-10

Online published: 2022-01-18

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The purpose of this experiment was to study the effects of lactation restriction on the growth performance, serum immune and antioxidant indexes of Angus calves and reproductive performance of cows. Twenty-four healthy Angus calves with similar birth weight were selected and divided into 3 groups with 8 calves in each group. The calves in control group were breast-feeding, and those in trial groups were breast-feeding restricted (trial group Ⅰ breast-feeding 2 times a day, trial group Ⅱ breast-feeding 3 times a day). Early supplementary feeding of calves at 10 days of age, limited breastfeeding at 35 days of age, and weaning at 90 days of age the test was over. The results showed as follows:1) compared with the control group, the calf feeding 3 times a day extremely significantly increased the weight at 90 days of age (P<0.01), and significantly increased the body length, chest circumference at 90 days of age and average daily dry matter intake at 60 to 90 days of age (P<0.05). 2) Compared with the control group, the calf breast-feeding 3 times a day extremely significantly increased the serum glucose (GLU) content (P<0.01), and extremely significantly reduced the lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) activity (P<0.01); the aspartate aminotransferase (AST) activity in trial groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ were 24.95% (P>0.05) and 42.70% (P<0.05) lower than that of the control group. 3) Compared with the control group, the calf breast-feeding 3 times a day extremely significantly increased the serum immunoglobulin A (IgA) content (P<0.01), extremely significantly reduced the serum interleukin-4 (IL-4), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and interleukin-17 (IL-17) contents (P<0.01), and extremely significantly increased the serum tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) content (P<0.01). 4) Restriction of breastfeeding increased the serum antioxidant level, showing a trend of trial group Ⅱ>trial group Ⅰ>control group. The difference of serum glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity among groups was extremely significant (P<0.01), and the serum superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in trial groups Ⅰ and Ⅱ was extremely significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.01), while the serum malondialdehyde (MDA) content in trial group Ⅱ was extremely significantly lower than that in control group (P<0.01), and significantly lower than that in trial group Ⅰ (P<0.05). 5) Restriction of breastfeeding had no significant effect on postpartum weight gain of cows (P>0.05), but the first estrus time was the shortest after breastfeeding 3 times a day. In summary, Angus calves breastfeed 3 times a day after 35 days of age, at other time separated from the mother, their immunity and antioxidant capacity are improved, which promotes the growth and development of the calves, and the first estrus time after the cow is the shortest. It may be considered to gradually reduce the number of feedings of calves before weaning to further improve the utilization of calves' diet and shorten the time of postpartum estrus for cows.

Key words： calves; lactation restriction; growth performance; immune indexes; antioxidant indexes

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HOU Pengxia , WANG Jiandong , SUN Wenyang , WANG Ruigang , JIANG Wu , YU Yang , ZHANG Enping , LIANG Xiaojun . Effects of Lactation Restriction on Growth Performance, Serum Immune and Antioxidant Indexes of Angus Calves and Reproductive Performance of Cows[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2022 , 34(1) : 413 -421 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2022.01.039

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