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Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats

A nutritional supplement (Ecotrofin™, by Vetoquinol Italia S.r.l) recommended in ruminants feeding to strengthen the physiological condition and improve digestive performance was tested in 20 pluriparae grazing goats divided in two groups (control and treated) to assess its possible effects on milk...

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Autores principales: Musco, Nadia, Morittu, Valeria Maria, Mastellone, Vincenzo, Spina, Anna Antonella, Vassalotti, Giuseppe, D’Aniello, Biagio, Tudisco, Raffaella, Infascelli, Federico, Lombardi, Pietro
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8518588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34467578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13592
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author Musco, Nadia
Morittu, Valeria Maria
Mastellone, Vincenzo
Spina, Anna Antonella
Vassalotti, Giuseppe
D’Aniello, Biagio
Tudisco, Raffaella
Infascelli, Federico
Lombardi, Pietro
author_facet Musco, Nadia
Morittu, Valeria Maria
Mastellone, Vincenzo
Spina, Anna Antonella
Vassalotti, Giuseppe
D’Aniello, Biagio
Tudisco, Raffaella
Infascelli, Federico
Lombardi, Pietro
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description A nutritional supplement (Ecotrofin™, by Vetoquinol Italia S.r.l) recommended in ruminants feeding to strengthen the physiological condition and improve digestive performance was tested in 20 pluriparae grazing goats divided in two groups (control and treated) to assess its possible effects on milk yield and quality and to assess eventual adverse effects. Animals from both groups also received 400 g/day of corn meal, and the treated group was supplemented with 20 g/head/day of the nutritional supplement. At the doses suggested by the manufacturer, despite a transient increase after 30 days of supplementation, Ecotrofin™ did not show significant effects on milk yield and, although some changes were found in the fatty acids profile, no significant improvement of MUFA and PUFA, as well as of omega‐6:omega‐3 ratio and CLA content were seen. Therefore, in our experimental conditions the supplementation of diet with Ecotrofin™ did not appear useful to improve goat's performance. A significant effect on kidney health markers (27 vs. 22.5 for urea and 0.83 vs. 0.76 for creatinine, p < 0.05) suggested a beneficial effect on renal function but, since levels fell in the normal ranges in both groups, such hypothesis would need further studies to be addressed.
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spelling pubmed-85185882021-10-21 Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats Musco, Nadia Morittu, Valeria Maria Mastellone, Vincenzo Spina, Anna Antonella Vassalotti, Giuseppe D’Aniello, Biagio Tudisco, Raffaella Infascelli, Federico Lombardi, Pietro J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) Original Articles A nutritional supplement (Ecotrofin™, by Vetoquinol Italia S.r.l) recommended in ruminants feeding to strengthen the physiological condition and improve digestive performance was tested in 20 pluriparae grazing goats divided in two groups (control and treated) to assess its possible effects on milk yield and quality and to assess eventual adverse effects. Animals from both groups also received 400 g/day of corn meal, and the treated group was supplemented with 20 g/head/day of the nutritional supplement. At the doses suggested by the manufacturer, despite a transient increase after 30 days of supplementation, Ecotrofin™ did not show significant effects on milk yield and, although some changes were found in the fatty acids profile, no significant improvement of MUFA and PUFA, as well as of omega‐6:omega‐3 ratio and CLA content were seen. Therefore, in our experimental conditions the supplementation of diet with Ecotrofin™ did not appear useful to improve goat's performance. A significant effect on kidney health markers (27 vs. 22.5 for urea and 0.83 vs. 0.76 for creatinine, p < 0.05) suggested a beneficial effect on renal function but, since levels fell in the normal ranges in both groups, such hypothesis would need further studies to be addressed. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-09-01 2021-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8518588/ /pubmed/34467578 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13592 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Musco, Nadia
Morittu, Valeria Maria
Mastellone, Vincenzo
Spina, Anna Antonella
Vassalotti, Giuseppe
D’Aniello, Biagio
Tudisco, Raffaella
Infascelli, Federico
Lombardi, Pietro
Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title_full Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title_fullStr Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title_full_unstemmed Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title_short Effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
title_sort effects of ecotrofin™ on milk yield, milk quality and serum biochemistry in lactating goats
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8518588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34467578
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpn.13592
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