Effect of sodium butyrate administered in the concentrate on rumen development and productive performance of lambs in intensive production system during the suckling and the fattening periods

Cavini, S.; Iraira, Sergio; Siurana, A.; Foskolos, Andreas; Ferret, A.; Calsamiglia, S.

doi:10.1016/j.smallrumres.2014.11.009

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“…The creep feed with a high starch and other unstructured carbohydrates and a greater creep feed intake in EW10 and EW20 were the comprehensive reason. Cavini et al (2014) found that creep feed intake, ADG and rumen weight were increased with increasing rumen butyrate concentration in lambs, which was a similar results compared to our research. Branched-chain volatile fatty acids (BCVFA) such as isobutyric and isovaleric are mainly built up from the degradation products of branched-chain amino acids and are in turn used for the biosynthesis of those amino acids or higher BCVFA.…”

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“…Under this circumstances, the lamb rumen had a certain development because the plant protein in MR stimulated rumen growth exactly and then accelerated the lambs' growth (Ghorbani et al 2007). The MR feeding in early-weaning period provided a physical stimulus to rumen to increase solid feed (creep feed) intake (Cavini et al 2014), and then the greater creep feed intake boosted the rumen development in our study. Overall, feeding MR can accelerate the rumen development.…”

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confidence: 55%

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Effect of weaning time on growth performance and rumendevelopment of Hu lambs

Chai

Diao

Wang

et al. 2016

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This experiment was determined the effect of weaning time on growth performance, rumen fermentation, and microbial bacterial community of lambs. Forty eight Hu lambs were randomly divided into 4 treatments. Control lambs were ewe-reared (ER), while others were weaned at d 10, 20, or 30 after birth (EW10, EW20 and EW30) and fed milk replacer artificially until d 60. All lambs had ad libitum access to same creep feed from d 15 to 90. Results showed that average daily gain, creep feed intake, final body weight, hot carcass and rumen weight of EW10, EW20 and EW30 were greater (P less than 0.05) than ER. The ammonia N concentration of EW20 and EW30 was greater (P less than 0.05) than EW10 and ER. Butyric acid in EW10 and EW20 was greater (P less than 0.05) than EW30 and ER. The richness and biodiversity of bacterial communities had no difference (P > 0.05). The predominated rumen bacterial composition in phyla level had no difference, but the minor phyla present, Proteobacteria, had difference. These results demonstrated that weaning time could improve the growth performance and rumen weight and slightly affect rumen fermentation. Weaning at d 10 was recommended to farmer to maintain prior rumen development and performance in lambs.

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Effect of weaning time on growth performance and rumendevelopment of Hu lambs

Chai

Diao

Wang

et al. 2016

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“…The latest results regarding the effects of exogenous butyrate on the morphology of rumen papillae in preruminants are presented in Table 1. A substantial increase in papillary length has been observed as a consequence of the introduction of sodium butyrate at a level near 0.3% in ration DM, and there has been an accompanying increase in butyrate concentration in the ruminal content in calves (Mentschel et al, 2001;Gorka et al, 2009;Kato et al, 2011;Górka et al, 2011a and2011b) and in lambs (Cavini et al, 2015) compared with animals receiving diets without butyrate supplementation.…”

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Review: Exogenous butyrate: implications for the functional development of ruminal epithelium and calf performance

Niwińska

Hańczakowska

Arciszewski

et al. 2017

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The importance of the use of exogenous butyrate in calves' diets is due to its role as a factor stimulating the functional development of ruminal epithelium and improving calf performance during the transition from preruminant to ruminant status. Our review will first present results related to effects of the administration of butyrate in calves' diets on the development of ruminal epithelium toward a more effective absorption and metabolism of fermentation products from the rumen. The introduction of sodium butyrate at a level of about 0.3% of diet dry matter is accompanied by an increase to 35% in butyrate concentration in the rumen of 33-day-old calves. Mutual reliance between an enhanced ruminal concentration of butyrate and the activities of transcription factors, genes and proteins involved in cell proliferation, ketogenesis and the maintenance of cell pH homeostasis in the ruminal epithelial cells has been clearly confirmed in many experiments. Second, the review presents results related to the effects of the introduction of butyrate salts in the diet on calf performance. Of 11 studies a positive effect was found in six; five of these were obtained from the calves that started receiving butyrate supplement at a level of about 0.3% diet dry matter from the age of 3 to 5 days. Results indicate that when a supplement is given to calves soon after birth the functional development of ruminal epithelium in cooperation with the endocrine and digestion systems is transferred into improving the efficiency of rearing. There have been no studies on the effects of greater amounts of butyrate salts in milk replacer; butyrate constitutes about 1.2% of the whole cow's milk dry matter. In older calves, when butyrate administration is provided as a component of a starter concentrate at the increasing inclusion rate from 0.3% to 3.0%, the practical effect in calf performance relates to the risk of depression of rumen pH below 5.5 and accompanying disruption of the organization of the ruminal epithelial tissue. The higher risk is noted in calves received starter with substantial content of a rapidly degradable starch. At present, the insufficient number of positive results confirming the beneficial effect of butyrate supplements in terms of an improvement in performance does not allow their recommendation for use in the practical feeding of calves.

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“…Recently, due to the increasing demand for local lamb meat, the production of lambs in Saudi Arabia has been shifted from a traditional feeding system to a new intensive fattening system in which the animals have ad libitum access to a high-concentrate diet to ensure fast growth (Alhidary et al, 2016). The post-weaning stage is a critical period during which young lambs are exposed to high-energy diets and can lead to serious complications such as rumen acidosis and abnormal structural and functional development of the rumen wall (Cavini et al, 2015). In addition, raising lambs on high starch increases the incidence of accumulating fat depots inside the body, which reduces their acceptability at consumer level due to increased awareness of diseases associated with consumption of fats (Resconi et al, 2009;Jacques et al, 2011).…”

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Effect of alfalfa hay on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of growing lambs with ad libitum access to total mixed rations

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-Forty male Naemi lambs were used to evaluate the effect of total mixed rations (TMR) alone or in combination with supplementation of alfalfa hay offered at different schedules on growth, carcass characteristics, and meat quality. Lambs at the age of three months, with an average weight of 28.85±1.09 kg, were randomly selected and distributed into four different feeding systems, 10 lambs each, as follows: TMR diet (control); TMR plus 100 g alfalfa hay; TMR plus 200 g alfalfa hay every two days; and TMR plus 300 g alfalfa hay every three days. The TMR and fresh drinking water were offered ad libitum. Lambs in the treated groups (with alfalfa hay) had significantly higher body weight, body weight change, dry matter intake, and feed conversion ratio compared with the control. Similarly, slaughter weight, carcass weight (hot and cold), and internal organs weight significantly increased in the treated groups, except for dressing weight percentage, which improved only in the treatment with TMR plus 300 g alfalfa hay. By contrast, mesentery fat, back fat, and body wall fat decreased in treated groups. Meat quality characteristics indicated that cooking loss and pH values did not differ between the control and treated groups; however, meat colour (lightness, yellowness, and redness) and pH (1 and 24 h) improved in postslaughter treated groups. Furthermore, no difference was found in texture profile analysis (hardness, springiness, cohesiveness, and chewiness), although the shear force decreased significantly in treated groups. Addition of alfalfa hay offered at the present plan may not only improve the growth and carcass characteristics, but also enhance the meat quality of Naemi lambs. From the labour and economic point of view, TMR plus 300 g alfalfa hay every three days may be adopted while taking into account the management decision.

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Effect of sodium butyrate administered in the concentrate on rumen development and productive performance of lambs in intensive production system during the suckling and the fattening periods

Cited by 27 publications

References 22 publications

Effect of weaning time on growth performance and rumendevelopment of Hu lambs

Effect of weaning time on growth performance and rumendevelopment of Hu lambs

Review: Exogenous butyrate: implications for the functional development of ruminal epithelium and calf performance

Effect of alfalfa hay on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of growing lambs with ad libitum access to total mixed rations

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