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| DOI | 10.3390/ani10060995 |
| Intake of Spineless Cladodes ofOpuntia ficus-indicaDuring Late Pregnancy Improves Progeny Performance in Underfed Sheep | |
| Cuevas Reyes, Venancio; Santiago Hernandez, Francisco; Flores Najera, Manuel de Jesus; Vazquez Garcia, Juan Manuel; Urrutia Morales, Jorge; Hosseini-Ghaffari, Morteza; Chay-Canul, Alfonso; Meza-Herrera, Cesar A.; Gonzalez-Bulnes, Antonio; Martin, Graeme B.; Rosales Nieto, Cesar A. | |
| 通讯作者 | Nieto, CAR |
| 来源期刊 | ANIMALS
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| ISSN | 2076-2615 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 卷号 | 10期号:6 |
| 英文摘要 | Simple Summary Plants in theOpuntiagenus are abundant and can be used as a feed supplement because they are highly digestible and can provide water and energy. We fed sheep during late gestation with alfalfa (Control),Opuntia(Opuntia) or protein-enrichedOpuntia(E-Opuntia) and measured milk yield and postnatal growth in the progeny. Birth weight did not differ among treatments (p> 0.05) but progeny from E-Opuntia grew faster (p< 0.01) and were heavier at weaning (p< 0.05), despite the fact that Control ewes produced more milk (p< 0.05). Feeding ewes withOpuntia(protein enriched or not) during the last third of gestation is an option for reducing production costs in underfed females managed under extensive conditions in arid and semiarid regions. The present study tested whether feeding ewes during the last third of pregnancy with cladodes ofOpuntia(untreated or protein-enriched), as an alternative to alfalfa hay, would improve milk yield as well as the pre- and post-natal growth of their lambs. Sixty mature Rambouillet ewes and their progeny were randomly allocated among three nutritional treatments: (i) Control, fed alfalfa; (ii) Opuntia, fed untreated cladodes; (iii) E-Opuntia, fed protein-enriched cladodes (pre-treated with urea and ammonium sulphate). Birth weight did not differ among treatments (p> 0.05) but Control ewes produced more milk than both groups ofOpuntia-fed ewes (p< 0.05). However, milk yield was not related to the growth of the progeny (p> 0.05) because lambs from E-Opuntia-fed ewes grew faster (p< 0.01) and were heavier at weaning (p< 0.05) than lambs from the other two groups. We conclude thatOpuntia(with or without protein enrichment) can be used as an alternative to alfalfa hay for feeding ewes during the last third of pregnancy and therefore reduce production costs under extensive conditions in arid and semiarid regions. Moreover, protein-enriched Opuntia appears to improve postnatal lamb growth. |
| 英文关键词 | birth weight cactus Opuntiaspp postnatal performance sheep |
| 类型 | Article |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 开放获取类型 | Green Published, gold |
| 收录类别 | SCI-E |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000554932400001 |
| WOS关键词 | ATRIPLEX-NUMMULARIA L. ; BIRTH-WEIGHT ; PROTEIN ENRICHMENT ; GENETIC-PARAMETERS ; BINDING-PROTEINS ; BARBARINE LAMBS ; MERINO EWES ; F INERMIS ; OPUNTIA ; NUTRITION |
| WOS类目 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science ; Veterinary Sciences |
| WOS研究方向 | Agriculture ; Veterinary Sciences |
| 来源机构 | University of Western Australia |
| 资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325363 |
| 作者单位 | [Cuevas Reyes, Venancio] Campo Expt Valle Mexico, Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias, Mexico City 56250, DF, Mexico; [Santiago Hernandez, Francisco; Urrutia Morales, Jorge] Campo Expt San Luis, Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias, San Luis Potosi 78431, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; [Flores Najera, Manuel de Jesus; Rosales Nieto, Cesar A.] Campo Expt La Laguna, Inst Nacl Invest Forestales Agr & Pecuarias, Matamoros 27440, Coahuila, Mexico; [Vazquez Garcia, Juan Manuel] Univ Autonoma San Luis Potosi, Fac Agron & Vet, San Luis Potosi 78321, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; [Hosseini-Ghaffari, Morteza] Univ Bonn, Inst Anim Sci, Physiol & Hyg Unit, D-53115 Bonn, Germany; [Chay-Canul, Alfonso] Univ Juarez Autonoma Tabasco, Div Acad Ciencias Agr, Carr Villahermosa Teapa,Km 25, Villahermosa 86280, Tabasco, Mexico; [Meza-Herrera, Cesar A.] Univ Autonoma Chapingo, Unidad Reg Univ Zonas Aridas, Ciudad Juarez 35230, Chihuahua, Mexico; [Gonzalez-Bulnes, Antonio] INIA, Dept Reprod Anim, Madrid 28040, Spain; [Marti... |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Cuevas Reyes, Venancio,Santiago Hernandez, Francisco,Flores Najera, Manuel de Jesus,et al. Intake of Spineless Cladodes ofOpuntia ficus-indicaDuring Late Pregnancy Improves Progeny Performance in Underfed Sheep[J]. University of Western Australia,2020,10(6). |
| APA | Cuevas Reyes, Venancio.,Santiago Hernandez, Francisco.,Flores Najera, Manuel de Jesus.,Vazquez Garcia, Juan Manuel.,Urrutia Morales, Jorge.,...&Rosales Nieto, Cesar A..(2020).Intake of Spineless Cladodes ofOpuntia ficus-indicaDuring Late Pregnancy Improves Progeny Performance in Underfed Sheep.ANIMALS,10(6). |
| MLA | Cuevas Reyes, Venancio,et al."Intake of Spineless Cladodes ofOpuntia ficus-indicaDuring Late Pregnancy Improves Progeny Performance in Underfed Sheep".ANIMALS 10.6(2020). |
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