Trace minerals for improved performance: a review of Zn and Cu supplementation effects on male reproduction in goats

Minerals are required in small amounts but play significant roles in many physiological functions related with growth, reproduction, and health of goats such as biochemical, molecular systems, and optimized enzymatic activities due to their roles as co-factors to metalloenzymes. Among them, zinc (Zn...

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Published in:Tropical animal health and production 2021-11, Vol.53 (5), Article 491
Main Authors: Mayasula, Venkata K., Arunachalam, Arangasamy, Babatunde, Sikiru A., Naidu, Sharanya J., Sellappana, Selvaraju, Krishnan, Binsila B., Rajendran, Umaya S., Janardhan, Reddy I., Bhatta, Raghavendra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Antioxidants
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Copper
Dietary minerals
Enzymatic activity
Fertility
Goats
Life Sciences
Males
Mineral exploration
Minerals
Nutrition
Reproductive technologies
Reviews
Semen
Trace minerals
Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science
Zinc
Zoology
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Summary:Minerals are required in small amounts but play significant roles in many physiological functions related with growth, reproduction, and health of goats such as biochemical, molecular systems, and optimized enzymatic activities due to their roles as co-factors to metalloenzymes. Among them, zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu) are leading essential elements in goat nutrition, because of their role across several biological functions. The proportion of these minerals availability and absorption from the ingested feed is usually less, because of their complexities with un-degradable parts of feed resources. Hence, their exogenous supplementation is required for normal animal functions. On this background, this review presents findings associated with supplementation of these minerals in organic form as a way for improving the fertility of male goats with special focus on physico-chemical-kinetics of the semen for improving the application of reproductive technologies. This review emphasizes the organic sources of these minerals to replace the inorganic sources, based on their significance in improving semen qualities, antioxidant protection, and mediation of molecular activities. This review also discusses salient routes of Zn and Cu absorption and identifies the need for molecular exploration for positive outcomes with supplementation of these minerals as an area of the future goat nutrition-reproduction improvement strategy.
ISSN:0049-4747
1573-7438
DOI:10.1007/s11250-021-02943-5