Effects of sodium bicarbonate and chromium propionate supplementation on growth performance, blood indices of Beetal bucks under heat stress

• Published in: Tropical animal health and production 2021-11, Vol.53 (5), p.496-496, Article 496
• Main Authors: Jamal, Ahsan, Rashid, Muhammad Afzal, Malik, Muhammad Irfan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acidosis; Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Blood; Catalase; Cholesterol; Chromium; Diet; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; Digestibility; Dry matter; Experiments; Feed additives; Feed conversion; Feed efficiency; Feeds; Goats; Heat; Heat stress; Heat tolerance; Heat-Shock Response; Humidity; Life Sciences; Male; Nutrients; Organic matter; Physiology; Propionates; Propionic acid; Regular Articles; Sodium; Sodium bicarbonate; Sodium Bicarbonate - pharmacology; Vaccines; Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science; Zoology
• ISSN: 0049-4747; 1573-7438
• DOI: 10.1007/s11250-021-02931-9

The objective of the current experiment was to determine the effects of sodium bicarbonate ( SBC ) and chromium propionate ( Cr ) supplementation on dry matter intake (DMI), growth performance, blood indices, feed sorting behavior, and digestibility of nutrients during the hot and humid condition in Beetal bucks. Twenty-eight Beetal bucks were randomly assigned to four concentrates treatments ( n  = 7 bucks/treatment) under 2 × 2 factorial arrangements. The factors were (1) chromium supplementation, basal diet without any supplementation ( C ) and basal diet with Cr @ 1.5 mg Cr/head/day ( Cr ), and (2) sodium bircbonate supplementation, basal diet supplemented with SBC @15 g/kg of DM (SBC) and diet containing SBC @ 15 g/kg of DM) and Cr @ 1.5 mg/day/animal (SBC + Cr) . Chromium was drenched to each animal during the morning feeding. The average daily noon temperature-humidity index (THI) was 86.37 ± 4.01. The daily DMI and ADG was higher ( P