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Effect of chromium supplementation on growth performance, meal pattern, metabolic and antioxidant status and insulin sensitivity of summer-exposed weaned dairy calves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2018

F. Mousavi ,
S. Karimi-Dehkordi ,
S. Kargar Open the ORCID record for S. Kargar [Opens in a new window]  and
M. H. Ghaffari
F. Mousavi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord34141–88186, Iran
S. Karimi-Dehkordi*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord34141–88186, Iran
S. Kargar
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz71441–65186, Iran
M. H. Ghaffari
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton T6G 2P5, Canada
*
†E-mail: karimi.saeid@agr.sku.ac.ir
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Abstract

Stressful situations may result in serum chromium (Cr) depletion with increased urinary excretion of the mineral and increased Cr requirements. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of Cr supplementation on growth performance, feeding behavior, blood metabolites and hormones, indicators of oxidative stress and glucose-insulin kinetics of summer-exposed weaned dairy calves. In total, 48 Holstein female calves (63 days of age; 77.0±1.45 kg of BW) were assigned randomly to one of two treatments: (1) a control group with no supplemental Cr (Cr−), and (2) a supplemental Cr group (Cr+) to supply 0.05 mg Cr as Cr-methionine/kg of BW0.75. Chromium was provided in the starter feed and adjusted weekly based on BW over the experimental period. All calves were on experiment for 4 weeks after weaning. The average maximum temperature–humidity index was 76.1 units during the study period, indicating a mild degree of environmental heat load. Results indicated that in summer-exposed dairy calves, increased dietary Cr provision tended to decrease fecal score, tended to change rumination pattern, increased antioxidant capacity by increasing serum concentration of catalase, but had no effects on growth performance, metabolic status or peripheral glucose and insulin metabolism.

Keywords

calffeeding behaviorglucose-insulin kineticsbio-markerstress

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animal , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , May 2019 , pp. 968 - 974
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© The Animal Consortium 2018 

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a

These two authors contributed equally to this work.

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Present address: Institute of Animal Science, Physiology and Hygiene Unit, University of Bonn, 53111 Bonn, Germany

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