{"title":"Evaporative cooling in late gestation heat-stressed transition Murrah buffaloes improves milk production through hormone-metabolite interaction","authors":"O. Aarif, A. Aggarwal, A. Sheikh","doi":"10.1080/09291016.2022.2129487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Animals adapt to stress by hormone-metabolite interaction. This is necessary to protect animal health status and subsequent milk production. To investigate this, sixteen healthy late-gestation dry Murrah buffaloes were selected and divided into two groups of eight animals each. One group of buffaloes (Cooled/CL) was managed under fan and mist cooling system during dry period. Another group (Non-cooled/NCL) remained without the provision of cooling during dry period. After parturition, all the animals were managed under evaporative cooling. Milk yield was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL (10.25±0.23 kg/day) relative to NCL (8.92±0.17 kg/day) buffaloes without any significant variation in milk composition. The average dry matter intake was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL as compared to NCL group. The non-esterified fatty acids were significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Significantly (p<0.05) higher glucose level was found on the day of calving in CL as compared to NCL buffaloes. The level of insulin was higher in NCL buffaloes as compared to CL buffaloes. The growth hormone was higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Evaporative cooling in late gestation therefore proves to be a potential tool to alleviate the adverse effect of thermal stress thus affecting subsequent milk production.","PeriodicalId":9208,"journal":{"name":"Biological Rhythm Research","volume":"54 1","pages":"199 - 212"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biological Rhythm Research","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09291016.2022.2129487","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Animals adapt to stress by hormone-metabolite interaction. This is necessary to protect animal health status and subsequent milk production. To investigate this, sixteen healthy late-gestation dry Murrah buffaloes were selected and divided into two groups of eight animals each. One group of buffaloes (Cooled/CL) was managed under fan and mist cooling system during dry period. Another group (Non-cooled/NCL) remained without the provision of cooling during dry period. After parturition, all the animals were managed under evaporative cooling. Milk yield was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL (10.25±0.23 kg/day) relative to NCL (8.92±0.17 kg/day) buffaloes without any significant variation in milk composition. The average dry matter intake was significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL as compared to NCL group. The non-esterified fatty acids were significantly (p<0.05) higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Significantly (p<0.05) higher glucose level was found on the day of calving in CL as compared to NCL buffaloes. The level of insulin was higher in NCL buffaloes as compared to CL buffaloes. The growth hormone was higher in CL relative to NCL buffaloes. Evaporative cooling in late gestation therefore proves to be a potential tool to alleviate the adverse effect of thermal stress thus affecting subsequent milk production.
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The principal aim of Biological Rhythm Research is to cover any aspect of research into the broad topic of biological rhythms. The area covered can range from studies at the genetic or molecular level to those of behavioural or clinical topics. It can also include ultradian, circadian, infradian or annual rhythms. In this way, the Editorial Board tries to stimulate interdisciplinary rhythm research. Such an aim reflects not only the similarity of the methods used in different fields of chronobiology, but also the fact that many influences that exert controlling or masking effects are common. Amongst the controlling factors, attention is paid to the effects of climate change on living organisms. So, papers dealing with biometeorological aspects can also be submitted.
The Journal publishes original scientific research papers, review papers, short notes on research in progress, book reviews and summaries of activities, symposia and congresses of national and international organizations dealing with rhythmic phenomena.