POST-PARTUM PERFORMANCE OF PREGNANT BUFFALOES SUPPLEMENTED WiTH VITAMIN AD3E DURING SUMMER SEASON | ||||
| Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 29, Issue 6, June 2004, Page 3091-3100 PDF (1.2 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2004.239259 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. M. Youssef,1; A. M. Abdine2 | ||||
| 1Animal Production Research Institute. Ookkl, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agric. Zagazig Univ. Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Twenty eighl buffaloes at late pregnancy period were divided into four equal groups and subjected during prepartum (one month) and post-partum (two months) periods to four treatments. The first group (TO) had no treatment (control group). group Tl fed on shopped corn plants as partial replacement (20% as DM) of concentrate feed mixture (CFM). whereas the other two groups were subjected to vitamin AD3E inlramuscular injection (T2) or dietaty supplement treatment (T3). For each animal of group T2, 7 ml weekly dosage of injected vitamin A03E contained 80,000 IU/ml, 40,000 IU/ml and 20 mg/ml of vitamins A, 03 and E, respeclively, while each animal in group T3 received 10 ml weekly dosage of dietary supplement contained 50,000 IU/ml, 5,000 IU/ml and 20 mg/ml of the same vitamins, respectively. Immunoglobulin analysis of colostrum indicated insignificant differences in Ig M fraction among treatments. Fractions of 19 A and 19 G were relatively higher (P < 0.05) in vitamin AD3E injected group T2 in comparison with other groups. The conlrol group TO had minimal (P < 0.05) concentration of Ig A and Ig G than other treated groups. Buffaloes of group T2 had the least (P < 0.05) calving inlerval (367.2:t24.1 days) due to the shorter intervals (or uterine involution, onset of the 1st postpartum heat and days open. Group T2 achieved greater calf birth weight and weaning weight in comparison with olher groups. Relative grow1h rate of weaned calves were almost similar for all groups. Group T1 exhibited greater (P < a.05) total milk production in comparison wilh other groups. Supplementation of vitamin AD3E (in both groups T2 and T3) was not effective to maintain milk. productivity over that of the control group. Days in milk were the greatest in T1 group < /p> Mean concentrations of blood total protein, globulin, calcium and AST activity of group T2 were significanlly (P < O.05) higher than that of other groups. Group T1 characterized by a significant (P < O.OS) elevation of blood glucose. total lipids and phosphorous. Concentrations of blood globulin of groups TO and T1 were significantly (P < 0.05) less than that of vitamin AD3E treated groups during pre and postpartum periods. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Vitamin A03E; buffaloes. immunoglobulins; production. metabolism. reproduction | ||||
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