Little information is available regarding the calcium (Ca) dynamics and how its concentration is influenced following the Ca treatment (injection or bolus) after calving in dairy cows. To evaluate the short- and long-term effects of different sources of Ca supplement to animals fed anionic diets during the pre-partum period, 36 multiparous Holstein cows were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: (1) control group without Ca supplement (CON); (2) subcutaneous injection of 500 ml of 40% w/v Ca borogluconate immediately post-calving (SUB) and (3) oral supplement of Ca bolus containing 45 g Ca immediately and 24 h post-calving (BOL). Serum concentrations of Ca, P and Mg were measured. Serum concentration of Ca was affected by treatments at 48 h of post-calving (P < 0.01). The mean Ca at 6 h was greater in SUB compared to CON group (2.34 v. 2.01 mmol/l; P < 0.002). The lowest Ca concentration at 12 h was related to CON cows compared with BOL and SUB cows (1.90, 2.16 and 2.14 mmol/l, respectively; P < 0.02); a similar trend was observed 24 h post-calving (P < 0.02). Serum concentrations of P and Mg were not influenced by treatments. Yield of milk, milk protein and fat-corrected milk were lowest (P < 0.05) in SUB cows within 3 weeks of lactation in comparison with CON and BOL cows. However, milk yield and milk composition did not show any difference among treatments throughout the first 3 months post-calving. In general, under conditions of this experiment, Ca supplements to fresh cows as an oral bolus are recommended in comparison with subcutaneous injection.

In this study the seasonal variations of milk compositions and fatty acids profile with emphasis on Conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and vaccinic acid (VA) concentrations of buffalo’ s Milk in North of Iran was investigating. In each season (2006)we had 30 samples (10 samples for each month ) of milk from bulk milk and sent them to laboratory for determination of It’s Compositions .Then fatty acids profile of milk fat was determined by Gas Chromatograph. The mean of Data from 120 samples for 4 seasons of year (2006) were compared using Duncan’s Multiple Range Test with an alpha of 5% and the results show that: The range of total solids (TS) in milk samples were 16.15 – 18.93 percent so that high percent of TS was in April to July. There was no significant difference in amount of lactose in each of the seasons and it, S range was 4.93 –5.12 percent. The range of milk protein was 3.60 – 3.88 percent, there was significant difference between seasons so that the high content of protein was in April to July and the low content of it was in December to March. There was significant difference in content of milk fat in samples of various season .It was 6.78 – 9.25 percent, so that the high percent of milk fat was in December to June. The content of Unsaturated fatty acids was 50.50 to 58.23 percent of total milk fat .The content of Unsaturated fatty acids (C14 – C18) were higher in Spring season .These Data show That season of Year can influence on milk compositions and fatty acids profile of milk via the type and quality of forages that buffalos use it in grazing or feeding, the amount and kind of supplementation of used diet

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of chromium polynicotinate supplementation on performance, fat deposition and plasma lipids of broiler chickens. A total of 540 male broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were allotted to 6 dietary treatments. The dietary chromium polynicotinate levels were 0 (Control), 250, 500, 750, 1000 or 1250 μg/kg, respectively. At 10-28 days of age (grower phase), the 500 μg/kg concentration of chromium polynicotinate supplementation had a beneficial effect on feed intake and body weight gain of broilers (P<0.05). At 29-42 days of age (finisher phase), feed conversion ratio was decreased (P<0.05) in broilers fed with chromium polynicotinate supplement at levels of 250, 750, 1000 or 1250 μg/kg. Chromium polynicotinate did not affect the abdominal fat pad deposition. The results indicated that the 500 μg/kg level of chromium polynicotinate supplement decreased the plasma cholesterol concentration in the finisher phases. The chromium concentrations of 1000 and 500 μg/kg were more effective at grower and finisher phases, respectively (P<0.05). Plasma triglyceride was not affected by dietary chromium concentration. The results from this study suggest that supplementation of chromium polynicotinate improved growth performance and influenced blood cholesterol concentrations, but in this respect, there was not dose related effects

The aim of this study was to compare the levels of chlorella vulgaris microalgae extract with additives on performance, carcass characteristics and blood biochemical metabolites in heatstressed broilers. This experiment has been done using 280 one day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks for 6 weeks. This experiment has been done in completely randomized design with 7 treatments and 4 replicates. Experimental treatments were including: 1-control; 2-diet containing 0.2 g/Kg chlorella extract; 3-diet containing 0.4 g/Kg chlorella extract; 4-diet containing 100 mg/Kg vitamin E; 5-diet containing prebiotic; 6-diet containing probiotic; 7-diet containing antibiotic. Heat stress program applied from 25-42 d.Treatment 2 caused an increase of feed intake and weight gain in comparison to other treatments (P<0.05). Treatment 3 showed the lowest conversion ratio in comparison to other treatments (P<0.05). Concentration of glucose, protein, albumin and HDL were increased with consumption of treatment2 in comparison with other treatments. The most and the least concentration of cholesterol, triglyceride and VLDL was observed in control and treatment 2, respectively. Weight of empty carcass and proventriculus had the most increase in treatments 2 and 3 (P<0.05). Generally, chlorella in concentration of 0.2 g/kg can be a suitable substitution for other additives specially antibiotics in order to improve the performance of boilers.

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of soybean meal replacement by slow-release urea on feed intake, ruminal parameters, blood metabolites, dry matter, nutrients digestion, and microbial protein synthesis (MPS) in ram. Rams were used for four 21-day periods. The experimental design was a 4×4 Latin square design. The experiment has consisted of the following four rations: 1) basic diet with soybean meal as a protein source, 2) basic diet with soybean meal plus 0.5 % of DM slow-release urea (SRU), 3) basic diet with soybean meal plus 1 % of DM SRU, and 4) basic diet with soybean meal plus 1.5 % of SRU, respectively. Soybean meal replacement by SRU decreased ruminal ammonia and blood urea. SRU increase in diets significantly increased acetic acid 3 hours after morning feeding, blood glucose, total purine, uric acid excretion, microbial nitrogen, and microbial protein. The results showed that soybean meal replacement by SRU sources had no negative effect on rams performance.