EARLY ASPECTS OF LOCOWEED TOXICOSIS AND EVALUATION OF A MINERAL SUPPLEMENT OR CLINOPTILOLITE AS DIETARY TREATMENTS
EARLY ASPECTS OF LOCOWEED TOXICOSIS AND EVALUATION OF A MINERAL SUPPLEMENT OR CLINOPTILOLITE AS DIETARY TREATMENTS
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DOI:
10.2527/1992.70103125x
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发表时间:
1992-10-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
GRAHAM, JD
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作者:
BACHMAN, SE;GALYEAN, ML;GRAHAM, JD
Sixteen crossbred beef heifers were used to determine the efficacy of serum clinical profiles as diagnostic tools for detection of early stages of locoweed toxicity and to test the ability of two mineral supplements for prevention or therapy of toxicosis. Dietary treatments were (DM basis) 1) 100% sorghum sudangrass hay, 2) 80% sorghum sudangrass hay:20% locoweed, 3) 80% sorghum sudangrass hay:20% locoweed plus 100 g of Silent Herder Mineral Mix (a mineral supplement reported to alleviate locoweed toxicity), and 4) 80% sorghum sudangrass hay:20% locoweed plus 100 g of clinoptilolite (a natural zeolite clay). Diets were fed at 1.5% of BW for 28 d, after which heifers had ad libitum access to sorghum sudangrass hay for 14 d. Jugular blood was sampled before feeding every 7 d, and at 2, 4, 6, and 8 h after feeding on d 28. Compared with controls, heifers fed locoweed had elevated (P < .01) serum alkaline phosphatase activities from d 7 through 35. On d 42, alkaline phosphatase activities in heifers previously fed locoweed were lower (P < .05) than in control heifers. Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase activities were elevated (P < .01) in heifers fed locoweed from d 7 through 42 compared with control heifers. In heifers fed locoweed, serum Fe concentrations were less (P < .01) on d 7 through 28, but no treatment effects were noted (P > . 10) on d 35 or 42. On d 28, serum somatotropin, prolactin, and melatonin concentrations did not differ (P > . 1 0) among treatments, but insulin was lower (P < .05) in heifers fed Silent Herder and clinoptilolite than in heifers fed only locoweed. Diets containing 20% locoweed altered the serum concentrations of alkaline phosphatase, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, and Fe; these serum constituents may serve as indices of early stages of locoweed toxicosis. Neither Silent Herder nor clinoptilolite ameliorated the toxic effects of locoweed.