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THE RELATION BETWEEN OXIDATIVE STATUS, MILK QUALITY AND CONCEPTION RATE IN DAIRY GOATS SUPPLEMENTED WITH VITAMIN C

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Pregnant Agamy does were used in this experiment to evaluate the effects of Vitamin C (Vit C) supplementation as antioxidant agent to improve the performance of dairy goats during the evidence of oxidative stress (OS) in peri-parturient period. The does under experiment (n = 16) were assigned randomly into control and supplemented groups (n = 8 / group). The control group fed control diet without supplement and the supplemented group fed control diet plus Vit C 75mg/kg of body weight. Dietary supplementation began approximately one month before the expected kidding date till two months post-kidding. Compared to the control does, it was noticed that Vit C supplementation significantly increased (P<0.05) the conception rate (62.5 % vs. 25 %), the weaning weight (WW) (7.21 vs. 5.00 kg) as well as the average daily gain rate (DGR) (53.94 vs. 34.85 g/d) in the kids of the Vit C supplemented group. Vit C supplementation significantly (P<0.05) increased serum level of T3 from day 45 to day 60 and of T4 from day 30 to day 60 post-kidding. Meanwhile, serum cortisol level was significantly decreased (P<0.05) from day 30 to day 60 post-kidding in the Vit C supplemented group. Also, there was a significant increase (P<0.05) in serum total antioxidant capacity (TAC) from day 15 post-kidding and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) from day 30 post-kidding till the end of the experiment in the Vit C supplemented group as compared with the control one. Meanwhile, there was a significantly decrease (P<0.05) in serum Malondialdehyde (MDA) level  from day 45 post-kidding and nitric oxide (NO) level from day 15 post-kidding till the end of the experiment. Concerning the effect of Vit C supplementation on milk quality, it was found that Vit C supplementation significantly (P<0.05) improved most of milk components especially fat, lactose, milk urea level (MUL), total solids (TS) and solid not fat (SNF); meanwhile there was a non-significant increase in protein % all over the experiment period. Moreover, both somatic cell counts (SCC) and the infection rates represented by the total bacterial count (TBC) were significantly (P<0.05) decreased in the Vit C supplemented group when compared with the control one. It was concluded that Vit C supplementation in dairy does around the peri-parturient period can improve the unfavorable effects of OS; this reflected on their milk quality and post-kidding conception rate and enhancement of growth rate as well as weaning weight of their kids.

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10.21608/avmj.2015.170208

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Key words: Oxidative status, milk quality, conception rate, dairy goats, vitamin c

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HOWIDA

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M.A. ABD-EL-RAHMAN

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Field Investigation Department, Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI), Giza, Egypt

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IBRAHIM

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Biology of Reproduction Department, Animal Reproduction, Research Institute (ARRI), Giza, Egypt

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DOHREIG,

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R.M.A.

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Artificial Insemination Department, Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI), Giza, Egypt

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HANAA

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A.E. ASFOUR

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Mastitis and Neonatal Diseases Department, Animal Reproduction Research Institute (ARRI), Giza, Egypt

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61

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145

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2015-04-01

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2015-03-31

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2015-04-01

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269

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1012-5973

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2314-5226

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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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THE RELATION BETWEEN OXIDATIVE STATUS, MILK QUALITY AND CONCEPTION RATE IN DAIRY GOATS SUPPLEMENTED WITH VITAMIN C

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