{"title":"The effects of micelle silymarin on growth performance, nutrient utilisation, and blood profiles of weaning piglets","authors":"Q. Zhang, S. Cho, I. H. Kim","doi":"10.22358/jafs/170302/2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/170302/2023","url":null,"abstract":". Our previous study showed that micelle silymarin (MS) improved the antioxidant capacity of lactating sows and average daily gain of fattening pigs; however, its effect on weaned piglets has not yet been elucidated. The present work aimed to explore the influence of varying doses of MS on growth performance, blood profiles, nutrient digestibility, and antioxidant capacity of weaned piglets. One hundred and twenty weaned piglets (60 males and 60 females) at the age of 21 days (average body weight = 6.50 kg) were randomly divided into 3 dietary groups. Each treatment consisted of 8 replicate pens (5 pigs/pen). The following feeds were applied: a basal diet (without MS) and a basal diet with the addition of 0.05% MS or 0.1% MS. The feeding trial lasted 42 days. The results demonstrated that dietary MS linearly increased average daily gain over the entire period ( P = 0.011). Average daily feed gain tended to be higher with increasing MS doses in the diet ( P = 0.058). Faecal score and nutrient utilisation in terms of dry matter, nitrogen, and gross energy were not affected by MS doses ( P > 0.05). On day 42, serum immunoglobulin M levels were elevated after the inclusion of both 0.05% and 0.1% MS in the diet ( P = 0.016). Additionally, malondialdehyde levels showed a linear reduction on days 14 and 21 ( P = 0.005), while glutathione levels were increased on day 21 ( P = 0.005). In summary, supplementing the diet of weaning piglets with MS had no adverse effects on their health. Furthermore, including 0.1% MS in the diet of weaned piglets tended to improve growth performance and antioxidant capacity.","PeriodicalId":14919,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135126935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Wojtulewicz, M. Tomczyk, M. Wójcik, J. Bochenek, H. Antushevich, A. Krawczyńska, M. Załęcki, A. P. Herman
{"title":"Circadian and seasonal changes in the expression of clock genes in the ovine pars tuberalis","authors":"K. Wojtulewicz, M. Tomczyk, M. Wójcik, J. Bochenek, H. Antushevich, A. Krawczyńska, M. Załęcki, A. P. Herman","doi":"10.22358/jafs/169747/2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/169747/2023","url":null,"abstract":"1. Abo S.M.C., Layton A.T., 2021. Modeling the circadian regulation of the immune system: Sexually dimorphic effects of shift work. PLOS Comput. Biol. 17, e1008514, https://doi.org/10.1371/journa.... CrossRef Google Scholar","PeriodicalId":14919,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136363650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Sarfraz, H. Ullah, R. Iqbal, G. Shaheen, M. A. Albalawi, F. Alatawi, A. Omran, A. Alareefy, N. Abdulsalam, N. Khateeb, M. Alatawi, N. Zidan, A. Ditta
{"title":"Antidiabetic effect of black pepper, turmeric, and ajwa date pulp,\u0000seed, and their mixtures as antioxidants in alloxan diabetic rats","authors":"M. Sarfraz, H. Ullah, R. Iqbal, G. Shaheen, M. A. Albalawi, F. Alatawi, A. Omran, A. Alareefy, N. Abdulsalam, N. Khateeb, M. Alatawi, N. Zidan, A. Ditta","doi":"10.22358/jafs/168793/2023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22358/jafs/168793/2023","url":null,"abstract":". Testing natural antihyperlipidemic substances is necessary due to the increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus, which leads to chronic hyperglycaemia and poses a significant threat to public health and well-being worldwide. The present study investigated the anti-diabetic effect of black pepper, turmeric, and ajwa date pulp + seed and their mixtures as hypolipidemic, antioxidant and protective agents on the liver and kidney by examining histological changes in alloxanised diabetic rats. Eleven groups consisting of eighteen males and eighteen females were divided into a normal control (non-diabetic), a positive control (diabetic), positive groups receiving glibenclamide (10 mg kg -1 body weight), black pepper (BP), turmeric (T), ajwa pulp (AP), ajwa seeds (AS) aqueous extracts and their various combinations. The dose of BP aqueous extract was 50 mg kg -1 body weight, while the dose of the other materials was 500 mg kg -1 body weight. The aqueous extracts were administered orally once daily for eight weeks. Our phytochemical screening detected the presence of fla - vonoids, tannins, saponins, steroids, and alkaloids in these extracts. The results pertaining to serum levels of glucose, lipids, glycosylated haemoglobin, and anti-oxidant biomarkers revealed significant improvements after administration of AS, BP + AS, and the mixture of","PeriodicalId":14919,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42549052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}