PMID- 32704875
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200928
IS  - 2573-2102 (Electronic)
IS  - 2573-2102 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 4
DP  - 2019 Jul
TI  - Feeding differing direct-fed microbials and its influence on growth and 
      haematological parameters of growing lambs.
PG  - 1112-1118
LID - 10.1093/tas/txz053 [doi]
AB  - A 4 mo feeding trial was conducted to ascertain the effect of direct-fed 
      microbial (DFM) and their products, namely rumen enhancer three (RE3), 
      Paenibacillus polymyxa (P3), and a fermentation product of RE3-RE3 Plus on the 
      growth and haematological profile of lambs at different stages of growth 
      (suckling, weaner, and grower phases). The lambs weighing 2.5 +/- 2 kg were blocked 
      by their weights and allotted to four dietary treatments, namely Control, RE3, 
      RE3 Plus, and P3 in a randomized complete block design. Blood sampling of lambs 
      to investigate the effect of the treatments on the haematological and blood 
      biochemistry variables was done on monthly basis and analysis of variance in a 
      repeated measures design was done using the Statistical Analysis System. Feed 
      intake (FI) by lambs was not significantly (P > 0.05) influenced by DFM 
      supplementation for all the phases of growth. However, feed conversion ratio 
      (FCR) for the grower phase of the lamb was higher for T2. Similar (P > 0.05) 
      hemoglobin (Hb), red blood cell (RBC), pack cell volume (PCV), mean corpuscular 
      volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), eosinophil, lymphocyte, 
      and basophil composition were recorded for lambs on the different experimental 
      diets. Neutrophil and monocytes levels were, however, different (P < 0.05) for 
      lambs fed the varying dietary treatments with lambs on RE3 Plus diets recording 
      the lowest (P < 0.05) neutrophil levels. Monocytes levels were highest (P < 0.05) 
      in lambs fed diets fortified with RE3. Sampling period influenced (P < 0.05) the 
      Hb, RBC, PCV, MCHC, eosinophil, monocyte, and lymphocyte levels. The trial 
      revealed a significant treatment x sampling period interaction (P < 0.0001) for 
      the blood parameters examined. The inclusion of the different DFM products had no 
      influence on the growth characteristics and blood profile of growing lambs.
CI  - (c) The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the 
      American Society of Animal Science.
FAU - Antwi, Christopher
AU  - Antwi C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6430-1385
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 
      Kumasi, Ghana.
FAU - Mensa, Patience A
AU  - Mensa PA
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 
      Kumasi, Ghana.
FAU - Arthur, Fareed K N
AU  - Arthur FKN
AD  - Department of Biochemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 
      Kumasi, Ghana.
FAU - Frimpong, Yaw O
AU  - Frimpong YO
AD  - Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 
      Kumasi, Ghana.
FAU - Baah, John
AU  - Baah J
AD  - Department of Research and Development, BEST Environmental Technology Inc., 
      Lethbridge, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190619
PL  - England
TA  - Transl Anim Sci
JT  - Translational animal science
JID - 101738705
PMC - PMC7200572
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - direct-fed microbial
OT  - growth
OT  - hematology
OT  - lambs
EDAT- 2020/07/25 06:00
MHDA- 2020/07/25 06:01
PMCR- 2019/06/19
CRDT- 2020/07/25 06:00
PHST- 2019/02/07 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/06/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/07/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/07/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/06/19 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - txz053 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/tas/txz053 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Transl Anim Sci. 2019 Jun 19;3(4):1112-1118. doi: 10.1093/tas/txz053. eCollection 
      2019 Jul.