Journal
ANIMALS
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ani11092753
Keywords
cattle; feedlot; lipid metabolism; ractopamine hydrochloride; trace mineral
Funding
- Zinpro Corporation
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This study aimed to determine how copper influences beta agonist-induced performance, energy metabolism, and inflammation in feedlot cattle. Results showed that copper supplementation increased liver copper concentrations, with varying effects on performance, lipolysis, and inflammation markers depending on beta agonist feeding. Strategic copper supplementation may help optimize growth in cattle receiving beta agonists.
Simple Summary Beta agonists are commonly used in the United States beef industry, offering improved performance in the days leading up to harvest by influencing energy metabolism. Copper has been shown to regulate the biological pathway leading to increased lipid mobilization. However, this connection has not been evaluated in cattle. Therefore, the objective of this study was to determine how Cu influences beta agonist-induced performance, energy metabolism and inflammation in feedlot cattle. Supplementation of Cu resulted in increased liver Cu concentrations, while cattle performance, lipolysis, and some markers of inflammation responded to Cu supplementation differently, depending on whether or not cattle were fed a beta agonist. Therefore, strategic supplementation of Cu may help optimize growth of cattle receiving a beta agonist. Ninety-three Angus-crossbred steers (470 +/- 35 kg) were assigned to a 3 x 2 factorial to determine the effects of Cu status and beta agonist (BA) on performance, carcass characteristics, lipolytic rate, and muscle inflammation. Factors included Cu supplementation (mg Cu/kg dry matter (DM)) at: 0 (LO), 10 (MED), or 20 (HI) from Cu amino acid complex (Availa Cu; Zinpro) with no BA (NoRAC) or 300 mg center dot steer(-1)center dot day(-1) of ractopamine hydrochloride (RAC; Optaflexx; Elanco) for final 28 days of 88-day trial. Linear and quadratic effects of Cu status within BA treatment were tested. Pre-BA gain was not affected by Cu supplementation (p >= 0.57), although day 53 liver Cu quadratically increased (p = 0.01). Average daily gain and muscle IL-8 gene expression quadratically increased (p <= 0.01), with MED having greatest gain and gene expression. Ribeye area tended to quadratically increase with Cu supplementation within RAC (p = 0.08). In vitro basal lipolytic rate tended to quadratically increase with Cu supplementation within RAC (p = 0.11), while stimulated lipolytic rate tended to linearly increase within NoRAC (p = 0.10). These data suggest lipolysis and the BA response of steers are influenced by dietary and liver Cu concentrations.
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