ArticleVeterinary world2021
Prebiotic and synbiotic effect on rumen papilla length development and rumen pH in 12-week-old calves.
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- Postnatal Growth and Development of the Rumen: Integrating Physiological and Molecular Insights.Biology · 2024Review
- Impact of synbiotics on growth performance and gut health in Murrah buffalo calves.Veterinary research communications · 2024Article
- Effect of synbiotics on growth performance, gut health, and immunity status in pre-ruminant buffalo calves.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- The amount of ghrelin-immunoreactive cells in the abomasum and intestines of 13-14-week-old calves supplemented with Jerusalem artichoke flour alone or in combination withVeterinary world · 2022Article
- An Overview of Waste Milk Feeding Effect on Growth Performance, Metabolism, Antioxidant Status and Immunity of Dairy Calves.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimEurope and the USA have banned antibiotics use as growth promoters. There is a need for alternative products that can ensure production and health protection. Prebiotics has been proposed as alternatives because these materials have wide-ranging physiological effects on gut function, activity of the large intestinal microflora, mineral absorption, and immunity. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of three different doses of inulin, a prebiotic, in combination with probiotic MATERIALS AND
methodsRandomly selected 23 (±5)-days-old healthy male Holstein crossbreed calves, weighing 50 kg (±5 kg), were randomly allocated to seven groups, ten in each group. The calves were kept in a pen of 5, under the same conditions and were fed twice a day, ~3.5 liters of whole milk per feeding. Control group (C n=10) was fed with whole milk only (no additives were added). The six other groups (three prebiotics and three synbiotics) received food additives with their morning milk feeding. The source of prebiotics,
resultsThe results showed that by adding 12 g of inulin to whole milk when feeding calves improves rumen papilla development, which is seen by increased length and width of papilla, especially in the
conclusionThe addition of inulin to whole milk can influence the pH of the rumen by making it more alkaline. The addition of prebiotic inulin and a novel synbiotic (inulin combined with
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