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Performance of crossbred dairy Friesian calves fed two levels of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: intake, digestion, ruminal fermentation, blood parameters and faecal pathogenic bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2016

A. A. HASSAN ,
A. Z. M. SALEM ,
A. E. KHOLIF ,
M. SAMIR ,
M. H. YACOUT ,
S. H. ABU HAFSA ,
G. D. MENDOZA ,
M. M. Y. ELGHANDOUR ,
M. AYALA  and
S. LOPEZ
A. A. HASSAN
Affiliation:
Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
A. Z. M. SALEM*
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México
A. E. KHOLIF
Affiliation:
Dairy Science Department, National Research Centre, 33 Bohouth St. Dokki, Giza, Egypt
M. SAMIR
Affiliation:
Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
M. H. YACOUT
Affiliation:
Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt
S. H. ABU HAFSA
Affiliation:
Livestock Research Department, Arid Lands Cultivation Research Institute, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, New Borg El-Arab, P. O. Box: 21934 Alexandria, Egypt
G. D. MENDOZA
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, México
M. M. Y. ELGHANDOUR
Affiliation:
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, México
M. AYALA
Affiliation:
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Área Académica de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Rancho Universitario Av. Universidad Km 1 Ex-Hda de Aquetzalpa, A.P. 32, CP 43600, México
S. LOPEZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal, Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña (IGM) CSIC-Universidad de León, Universidad de León, E-24071 León, Spain
*
*To whom all correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]
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Summary

The effect of feeding two levels of Saccharomyces cerevisiae on the performance of crossbred Friesian calves was investigated. Twenty-four neonatal male Friesian × Baladi calves (35·5 ± 0·25 kg of initial body weight) were randomly assigned in a completely randomized design into three experimental groups for 90 days (eight calves per group). Calves fed their diets without yeast (S. cerevisiae) were considered as Control, while the diets of other calves were supplemented daily either with 2·5 g (YL diet) or with 5 g (YH diet) of yeast per calf. Calves fed the YH diet showed increased feed intake, while dry matter and fibre digestibilities were increased in calves fed YH and YL diets. Calves fed YL and YH diets showed lower ruminal ammonia-N and higher total volatile fatty acids, acetate and propionate concentrations than Control calves. Both YH and YL calves showed increased plasma concentrations of total protein, globulin and glucose and decreased cholesterol and triglycerides concentrations. Calves’ final weight and daily gain were increased with S. cerevisiae yeast supplemented diets. After 42 days of experiment, Clostridium spp., Escherichia coli and Enterobacteria spp. counts were down to undetectable levels in the faeces of calves fed S. cerevisiae additive. It could be concluded that adding S. cerevisiae to milk-fed calves increased feed utilization and improved pre-weaned calf performance and health status, reducing faecal pathogenic bacteria.

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Animal Research Papers
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 154 , Issue 8 , November 2016 , pp. 1488 - 1498
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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