Effect of zeolite supplementation on the dynamics of some trace elements and pigmentation of rumen in growing lambs

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production 2020-07, Vol.52 (4), p.1549-1552
• Main Authors: Alhidary, Ibrahim, Abdelrahman, Mutassim M, Al-Mubarak, Arif H., Suliman, Gamaleldin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Animal Feed - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blood; Body weight; Body Weight - drug effects; Color; Copper; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; Discoloration; Iron; Life Sciences; Meat; Pigmentation; Pigmentation - drug effects; Regular Articles; Rumen; Sheep - growth & development; Total mixed rations; Trace elements; Trace Elements - metabolism; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zeolites; Zeolites - administration & dosage; Zinc; Zoology
• ISSN: 0049-4747; 1573-7438
• DOI: 10.1007/s11250-019-02164-x

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding complete feed as total mixed ration (TMR) with two levels of zeolite on copper (Cu), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) status and rumen color of growing Naemi lambs. Twenty-four growing lambs (25 ± 2.1 kg body weight) were individually kept in separate pens with ad libitum feed and water. The lambs were randomly distributed to three treatments as follow: control, TMR diet only; T1, TMR with 1% zeolite daily; T2, TMR with 2% zeolite daily. The trial was lasted for 56 days. Four lambs from each treatment were slaughtered and tissue (liver, kidney, meat, and rumen tissues) and rumen fluid samples were collected. A significantly ( P