Journal
ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Volume 22, Issue 1, Pages 106-115Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/1828051X.2022.2164747
Keywords
Finishing bulls; ghrelin; medium-chain fatty acids; trace mineral elements; yeast
Ask authors/readers for more resources
This study aimed to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of active dry yeast on the growth performance, hormone levels, fatty acid concentrations, and trace mineral elements utilization in finishing bulls. The results showed that the supplementation of active dry yeast significantly improved the dry matter intake, hormone concentrations, and metabolism of fatty acids and trace minerals in finishing bulls.
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of active dry yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on growth performance, circulating ghrelin, fatty acid concentrations in the gastrointestinal tract, and trace mineral elements utilisation of finishing bulls. Twenty Yanbian cattle (bulls) [body weight (BW) 485 +/- 38 kg] were randomly divided into two groups (control and treatment groups) and participated in a 100-day finishing trial. The control group (CON) was fed a basal diet (total mixed ration, TMR). The treatment group (active dry yeast, ADY) was fed a basal diet supplemented with ADY (Levucell SC, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077, viable count >= 8.0 x 10(9) CFU/g, 1.0 g/bull/day). ADY supplementation significantly increased the dry matter intake (DMI) of bulls (p < .05); significantly increased the concentration of ghrelin O-acyl transferase (GOAT) (p < .05), significantly decreased the concentration of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) (p < .05), tended to increase the concentration of acyl ghrelin (AG) (p = .053) in serum; significantly increased the content of C12:0 in duodenal digesta, the apparent digestibility of Zn, the concentrations Zn and Cu in serum and the deposition of Cu in the liver (p < .05), significantly decreased the deposition of Fe in muscle in finishing bulls (p < .05). In conclusion, ADY supplementation improved DMI of finishing bulls may be related to the change of AG, and a potential mechanism for the change of AG by ADY supplementation is via its effects on the metabolism of C12:0, Zn, and Cu in finishing bulls.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available