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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2025

Effects of Modified Attapulgite on Daily Weight Gain, Serum Indexes and Serum Metabolites in Fattening Beef Cattle.

Jiajie Wang, Hanfang Zeng, Hantong Weng, Haomiao Chang, Yunfei Zhai, Zhihui Huang, Chenchen Chu, Haihui Wang, Zhaoyu Han

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Jiajie WangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Hanfang ZengCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, China.
Hantong WengCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.ORCID 0009-0003-2606-271X
Haomiao ChangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1631-9318
Yunfei ZhaiCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Zhihui HuangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Chenchen ChuCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Haihui WangCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
Zhaoyu HanCollege of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.

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Abstract

In this study, we investigated the effects of dietary supplementation with thermally modified attapulgite on the daily weight gain, serum biochemical indices, and serum metabolites of Simmental fattening cattle. A total of 30 healthy Simmental fattening beef calves of similar age (8 to 9 months old) and body weight (370 ± 10 kg) were randomly divided into two groups, each containing 15 animals. A control group was fed the basal diet, and a treatment group was fed the same basal diet with the addition of 4 g/kg of thermally modified attapulgite. After 75 days of formal experiment, the calves in the two groups were weighed, and blood samples were collected by tail vein blood sampling for determinations of the serum biochemical indices and serum metabolites using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis. The results indicated that the addition of thermally modified attapulgite to the diet had no significant effects on the daily weight gain of fattening beef cattle. After feeding with modified attapulgite, the glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities in the serum of the experimental group were 55.02% (257.26 U·mL

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antioxidant indicatorfattening beef cattleinflammatory factormodified attapulgiteserum metabolism

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