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IMPACT OF RUMEN JUICE TRANSFAUNATION ON BEHAVIORAL ACTIVITIES, PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND KIDNEY FUNCTION IN FATTENING LAMBS

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Animal behaviour/ management

Abstract

Rumen juice transfaunation (RT) has been suggested as one of the effective ways to improve the performance and health of the host. This study's objective was to investigate the effect of RT on behavior, performance and kidney function of fattening lambs. Twelve male lambs were divided into three groups at random: controls (CON, n = 4): lambs were given one liter of normal saline, (Ts, n = 4): lambs received 1 liter of sheep ruminal juice and (Tc, n = 4): lambs received 1 liter of cattle ruminal juice, once throughout the study. Each lamb was caged in a single pen with alive weight of 20.7 (±1.95) and the experiment lasted six weeks. The instantaneous scan sampling approach was used to record behavioral observations on days 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 15, 16, 30, 31 and 45 & 46 after rumen fluid transfauntion; production parameters and kidney function were measured every week. Rumen juice transfaunation resulted in a significant decrease in chewing pen fixtures behavior especially in Ts and feed conversion ratio in both (Ts and Tc) at first and second weeks, however a significant increase in body weight in both (Ts and Tc) at third, fifth and sixth week compared to control lambs. There was no significant effect on the serum creatinine and urea levels. In conclusion, the current results indicate that RT has a beneficial effect on fattening lamb's behavior and performance; therefore it can be used in intensive fattening sheep farms.

DOI

10.21608/avmj.2023.202244.1136

Keywords

Rumen juice transfaunation, Fattening lambs, Behavior, performance

Authors

First Name

AHMED

Last Name

ELRAWY

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Department of Animal and poultry behavior and management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt

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ahmedelrawy08@gmail.com

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AHMED

Last Name

MOHAMMED

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Department of Animal and poultry behavior and management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt

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ahmed.abd_elhafez@aun.edu.eg

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Assiut

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First Name

MAHMOUD

Last Name

SABRA

MiddleName

S.

Affiliation

Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

mahmoud_sabra@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-3836-4809

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USAMA

Last Name

MAHMOUD

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-

Affiliation

Department of Animal and poultry behavior and management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt

Email

usamakomsan5@gmail.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

MADEHA

Last Name

DARWİSH

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Affiliation

Department of Animal and poultry behavior and management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut 71526, Egypt

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darwishmadeha100@hotmail.com

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Assiut

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Volume

69

Article Issue

178

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42303

Issue Date

2023-07-01

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2023-03-26

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2023-07-01

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74

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87

Print ISSN

1012-5973

Online ISSN

2314-5226

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_306727.html

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8

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Research article

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1,840

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Assiut Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://avmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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IMPACT OF RUMEN JUICE TRANSFAUNATION ON BEHAVIORAL ACTIVITIES, PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND KIDNEY FUNCTION IN FATTENING LAMBS

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28 Dec 2024