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The effect of condensed tannins supplementation through Ficus infectoria and Psidium guajava leaf meal mixture on erythrocytic antioxidant status, immune response and gastrointestinal nematodes in lambs (Ovis aries)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Pathak, Anand Kumar Dutta, Narayan Pattanaik, Ashok Kumar Sharma, K. Banerjee, Partha Sarathi Goswami, Tapas Kumar |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | this experimental study was carried out to assess the effect of condensed tannins (Ct) through a leaf meal mixture of Ficus infectoria and Psidium guajava, on erythrocytic antioxidant status, immune response and gastrointestinal nematodes in lambs. twenty-four non-descript lambs were randomly divided into four groups, consisting of six lambs in each, in a completely randomized block design, and randomly allocated to 4 dietary treatments: Ct-0, Ct-1, Ct-1.5 and Ct-2 containing 0, 1, 1.5 and 2.0 percent Ct, respectively. the erythrocytic antioxidant status was monitored in all lambs at 0, 45, 90, 135, 180 days of feeding, however, humoral and cell mediated immune responses were determined at the end of the feeding trial. hemoglobin was found to be highest (P<0.05) in CT-1.5 followed by CT-1, CT-2 and CT-0, respectively. CT supplementation significantly (P<0.05) improved the antioxidant status, as indicated by increased levels of glutathione peroxidase, catalase, reduced glutathione, glutathione-S-transferase, superoxide dismutase, total thiol and protein bound thiol group and decreased lipid peroxidase in the lambs. Supplementation of CT significantly (P<0.05) improved the cell mediated immune response in lambs. The fecal egg counts (FEC) in lambs were significantly (P<0.01) higher in the control group (Ct-0), followed by Ct-1, Ct-1.5 and Ct-2. the pooled fecal cultures of the lambs revealed that the majority of the infective larvae were from Haemonchus contortus. the FeC in the control *Corresponding author: anand k. Pathak, PhD., Faculty of Veterinary Sciences and animal husbandry, SkUaSt-Jammu-181 102, Jammu and kashmir, India, Phone: +91 941 977 4635; Fax: +91 192 325 0639; e-mail: dranand_pathak@yahoo.com |
| Starting Page | 139 |
| Ending Page | 156 |
| Page Count | 18 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 87 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hrcak.srce.hr/file/263284 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
