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Energy Supplementation during the Last Third of Gestation Improves Mother–Young Bonding in Goats

SIMPLE SUMMARY: The last third of gestation is a period of high energy demand for the dam, because she needs to support the growth of fetuses and the newborn. Moreover, towards the end of gestation, maternal feed intake is reduced as the mass of the fetoplacental unit increases. The maternal diet of...

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Autores principales: Vázquez-García, Juan M., Álvarez-Fuentes, Gregorio, Orozco-Gregorio, Héctor O., García-López, Juan C., González-Hernández, Milagros, Rosales-Nieto, César A.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7910968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020287
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author Vázquez-García, Juan M.
Álvarez-Fuentes, Gregorio
Orozco-Gregorio, Héctor O.
García-López, Juan C.
González-Hernández, Milagros
Rosales-Nieto, César A.
author_facet Vázquez-García, Juan M.
Álvarez-Fuentes, Gregorio
Orozco-Gregorio, Héctor O.
García-López, Juan C.
González-Hernández, Milagros
Rosales-Nieto, César A.
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: The last third of gestation is a period of high energy demand for the dam, because she needs to support the growth of fetuses and the newborn. Moreover, towards the end of gestation, maternal feed intake is reduced as the mass of the fetoplacental unit increases. The maternal diet often cannot meet nutritional requirements, compromising thermoregulatory capacity, wellbeing, and viability, and the survival of the newborn. We have shown that energy supplementation of the mother during the last third of gestation does not affect progeny birth weight but enhances mother–young bonding. ABSTRACT: We tested whether maternal energy supplementation during the last third of gestation improves birth weight, neonatal wellbeing, and mother–young bonding. Thirty-six pregnant French Alpine goats were randomly allocated among three nutritional treatments for the last third of pregnancy: (i) Control, fed alfalfa (T-0; n = 12); (ii) alfalfa + 150 g/head daily energy concentrate (T-150; n = 12); (iii) alfalfa + 300 g/head daily energy concentrate (T-300; n = 12). At birth, we collected progeny data on birth weight, birth type, sex, rectal temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, time to standing, time to udder connection, and time to first feeding. For the dams, we collected data on the duration of labor, time to clean the progeny, and time to allow first suckling. At birth, body weight, rectal temperature, heart rate, and the respiratory rate did not differ among treatments (p > 0.05). In the dams, labor duration was not affected by the treatments (p > 0.05). The T-150 dams were faster to clean the newborn and allow first suckling (p < 0.05). The T-150 progeny were faster to stand and the T-300 progeny were faster to connect to the udder (p < 0.05). We conclude that energy supplementation of the dam during the last third of gestation does not affect the birth weight of the progeny, but enhances the mother–young bonding.
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spelling pubmed-79109682021-02-28 Energy Supplementation during the Last Third of Gestation Improves Mother–Young Bonding in Goats Vázquez-García, Juan M. Álvarez-Fuentes, Gregorio Orozco-Gregorio, Héctor O. García-López, Juan C. González-Hernández, Milagros Rosales-Nieto, César A. Animals (Basel) Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: The last third of gestation is a period of high energy demand for the dam, because she needs to support the growth of fetuses and the newborn. Moreover, towards the end of gestation, maternal feed intake is reduced as the mass of the fetoplacental unit increases. The maternal diet often cannot meet nutritional requirements, compromising thermoregulatory capacity, wellbeing, and viability, and the survival of the newborn. We have shown that energy supplementation of the mother during the last third of gestation does not affect progeny birth weight but enhances mother–young bonding. ABSTRACT: We tested whether maternal energy supplementation during the last third of gestation improves birth weight, neonatal wellbeing, and mother–young bonding. Thirty-six pregnant French Alpine goats were randomly allocated among three nutritional treatments for the last third of pregnancy: (i) Control, fed alfalfa (T-0; n = 12); (ii) alfalfa + 150 g/head daily energy concentrate (T-150; n = 12); (iii) alfalfa + 300 g/head daily energy concentrate (T-300; n = 12). At birth, we collected progeny data on birth weight, birth type, sex, rectal temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, time to standing, time to udder connection, and time to first feeding. For the dams, we collected data on the duration of labor, time to clean the progeny, and time to allow first suckling. At birth, body weight, rectal temperature, heart rate, and the respiratory rate did not differ among treatments (p > 0.05). In the dams, labor duration was not affected by the treatments (p > 0.05). The T-150 dams were faster to clean the newborn and allow first suckling (p < 0.05). The T-150 progeny were faster to stand and the T-300 progeny were faster to connect to the udder (p < 0.05). We conclude that energy supplementation of the dam during the last third of gestation does not affect the birth weight of the progeny, but enhances the mother–young bonding. MDPI 2021-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7910968/ /pubmed/33498774 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020287 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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García-López, Juan C.
González-Hernández, Milagros
Rosales-Nieto, César A.
Energy Supplementation during the Last Third of Gestation Improves Mother–Young Bonding in Goats
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title_sort energy supplementation during the last third of gestation improves mother–young bonding in goats
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7910968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33498774
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020287
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