Dietary Protein Level in Late Gestation: Effects on Nutritional and Developmental Responses in Jennies and Their Foals.

Yongmei Guo, Jiarong Li, Yajun Shen, Sumei Yan, Binlin Shi, Yanli Zhao, Xiaoyu Guo

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Yongmei GuoKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5533-9496

Jiarong LiKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.

Yajun ShenKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.

Sumei YanKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4107-2858

Binlin ShiKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8550-3509

Yanli ZhaoKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.

Xiaoyu GuoKey Laboratory of Animal Nutrition and Feed Science at Universities of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, China.

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Basic Research Fund for Universities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region BR251030High-level Talent Start-up Research Project of Inner Mongolia Agricultural University NDYB2020-4Key Science and Technology Program of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region zdzx2018001

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Abstract

This study evaluated the effects of dietary protein levels during late gestation on nutrient digestibility, plasma amino acid profiles in jennies, and donkey foal growth performance. Twenty-four pregnant jennies were randomly assigned to one of three diets with different crude protein (CP) contents during late gestation: 12.48% (HP), 11.52% (MP), and 10.54% (LP) on a dry matter basis. All animals received the same diet immediately after parturition for a duration of 30 days. During the trial, two digestion experiments were conducted, blood samples were collected at 28 and 7 days prepartum, and weekly weight measurements of jennies and foals were recorded. The results indicated that the dietary protein level did not significantly affect feed intake in late gestation. However, apparent nutrient digestibility of dry matter (DM), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), acid detergent fiber (ADF), crude protein (CP), and ether extract (EE), and calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) was generally higher in the MP and LP groups than in the HP group, with MP showing the most consistent improvements across nutrients and timepoints (

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dietary protein leveldonkey foaljennies in late gestationnutrient digestionplasma amino acidsserum biochemical indexes

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PMID41897906

DOI10.3390/ani16060929

PMCPMC13023232

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