Effect of red clover isoflavones on hormone, immune, inflammatory, and plasma biochemistry in lactating dairy cows

文献类型: 外文期刊

第一作者: Zhang, Shiqi

作者: Zhang, Shiqi;Zhang, Xiaoyin;Xiong, Zhanbo;Li, Kexin;Gao, Yuan;Bu, Ying;Zheng, Nan;Zhao, Shengguo;Wang, Jiaqi

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关键词: Dairy cow; Red clover isoflavone; Immunity; Anti-inflammatory

期刊名称:ANIMAL NUTRITION ( 影响因子:6.3; 五年影响因子:6.9 )

ISSN: 2405-6383

年卷期: 2024 年 16 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: This study was to conducted to investigate the effect of red clover isoflavones on the health indicated by immune status and blood biochemistry in dairy cows. Sixty-eight healthy Holstein lactating cows were randomly divided into four treatments (n = 17 per treatment) from 5 blocks according to milk yield using a randomized complete block design. No initial differences in parity (2.13 +/- 1.21), days in milk (165 +/- 21 d), and milk yield (33.93 +/- 3.81 kg/d) between groups. Cows were fed the basal diet supplemented with 0, 2, 4, or 8 g/kg red clover extract (RCE) in diet (dry matter based). Feeding, refusal feed weights, and milk yield were recorded three consecutive days in weeks 0, 4, 8, and 12. Blood was collected from the tail vein of the cows on the last day of weeks 4, 8 and 12, 1 h after the morning feeding, and analyzed for hormones, immunoglobulins, inflammatory markers, and markers of liver and kidney activities. The dry matter intake was significantly decreased by 3.7% in the 8 g/kg group (P < 0.05). The fat-corrected milk yield was significantly higher in both of the 2 and 4 g/kg groups (P < 0.01). Plasma estradiol and prolactin showed a quadratic effect with increasing RCE levels, with the highest in the 4 g/kg group (P < 0.05). Plasma tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1 beta levels decreased linearly with increasing dietary RCE levels. Plasma IL-18 levels showed a quadratic effect with increasing dietary RCE levels, with significantly lower levels in both of the 2 and 4 g/kg groups (P < 0.05). Plasma immunoglobulin A and D-lactic acid levels showed a quadratic effect with increasing dietary RCE levels, with significantly higher level in the 4 g/kg group (P < 0.05). The liver function and kidney activity makers were similar (P > 0.05). These results recommend the supplementation of RCE at a level from 2 to 4 g/kg DM. (c) 2024 The Authors. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY -NC -ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync-nd/4.0/).

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