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Impact of Betaine Supplementation as Anti Stress on Some Hematological Parameters and Thermoregulatory Responses of Aberdeen Angus Cows in Arid Subtropical Regions

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Animal and poultry production

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of betaine supplementation on some hematological and physiological parameters of Aberdeen Angus cows. Twelve cows were divided randomly into two equal groups (6 cows each) and each group was treated for 150 successive days. All experimental animals were fed 60% of their requirements as a concentrate mixture and the rest of other requirements was covered from wheat strew ad-libitum. In addition to basal diet, animals in experimental group were supplemented with 30 g betaine hydrochloride per day. Air temperature and relative humidity were recorded during the experimental days to calculate the current temperature–humidity index (THI). Blood samples were collected during experimental period from jugular vein. Rectal temperature (RT), pulse rate (PR), respiration rate (RR), skin temperature (ST) and hair temperature (HT) were recorded during the experimental days. The obtained results showed that the average values of THI were between 71.6 to 74.78 at 08:00 am and 77.09 to 83.01 at 02:00 pm during the experimental period which indicates exposure of animals to heat stress. There were no significant differences among groups in WBC, HCT, MCV, MCH, MCHC and PLT. Moreover, RBC and HGB was higher (P < 0.05) in betaine group than control. adding betaine had no significant decrease in RR, ST, HT and ET. While, significant decrease in RT and PR was observed at 02:00 pm of experimental animal. It is concluded that betaine may be improved some hematological parameters and thermoregulatory responses of Aberdeen Angus cows under New Valley arid areas.

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2022.105357.1019

Keywords

Betaine, hematological parameters, thermoregulation, Aberdeen Angus

Authors

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Kassab

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Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley university

Email

ayman15@yahoo.com

City

El-Kharga

Orcid

0000-0002-9183-4494

First Name

Hatem

Last Name

Hamdon

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley university

Email

hamdon9@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-0198-3419

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

Daghash

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Animal Production Department Faculty of Agriculture &ndash; Assiut university

Email

daghashhassan@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, New Valley university

Email

ahmed.soliman@agr.nvu.edu.eg

City

El-Kharga

Orcid

0000-0003-0543-8952

Volume

1

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

29967

Issue Date

2021-10-01

Receive Date

2021-11-10

Publish Date

2021-10-01

Page Start

89

Page End

97

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_213109.html

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Original Research

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2,101

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Publication Title

New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Impact of Betaine Supplementation as Anti Stress on Some Hematological Parameters and Thermoregulatory Responses of Aberdeen Angus Cows in Arid Subtropical Regions

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23 Jan 2023