ArticleAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui)2025
Effects of increasing levels of dietary cation-anion difference on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, and rumen microbiota in fattening Hu sheep.
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- Effects of feed intake-regulated nutritional compensation strategies on growth performance, blood indices, and rumen microbiota of Gangba sheep.Animal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Article
- Calcium Homeostasis and Parturient Paresis in Ruminants: Mechanistic Insights and Clinical Management.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Dietary Puerarin Modulates the Rumen Microbiota and Enhances Growth Performance and Rumen Fermentation in Hu Sheep.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Partial replacement of soybean meal with vitamin BAnimal nutrition (Zhongguo xu mu shou yi xue hui) · 2026Article
- Differential shaping of equine gut microbiota structure and function by breed and feeding regimen.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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Abstract
The dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) has the potential to influence the physiological functions of animals. Nonetheless, there is a notable scarcity of research in the field of ruminant science regarding its effects on fattening sheep, particularly with respect to the rumen microbiota. Therefore, this study evaluated the effects of varied DCAD levels on growth performance, rumen fermentation, and rumen bacterial communities in fattening Hu sheep. Thirty-six fattening male sheep (20.66 ± 1.53 kg) were divided into two blocks based on body weight (BW), and the sheep in each block were then randomly assigned to one of three dietary treatments: low DCAD (LD, 2.3 mEq/kg of dry matter [DM]), medium DCAD (MD, 132.1 mEq/kg of DM), and high DCAD (HD, 276.9 mEq/kg of DM). The experiment lasted for 10 weeks, with 2 weeks of adaptation and 8 weeks of measurements and sampling. This experiment found that DCAD levels did not affect dry matter intake (DMI), average daily gain (ADG), or feed conversion efficiency of gain (G:F) of fattening Hu sheep (
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