Influence of boron supplementation on performance, immunity and antioxidant status of lambs fed diets with or without adequate level of calcium

T Vijay Bhasker, N K S Gowda, D T Pal, S Karthik Bhat, P Krishnamoorthy, S Mondal, A K Pattanaik and A K Verma

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: Little is known about biological significance of effects of dietary Boron (B) and Calcium (Ca) interaction on health and production of farm animals. This is a preliminary investigation to evaluate the effects of B supplementation in lambs fed diets with (normal) or without adequate (low) levels of Ca. Twenty-four crossbred ram lambs were randomly distributed into four groups with six animals each in a 2x2 factorial design namely, normal-Ca diet (NCa) and low-Ca diet (LCa) fed without or with 40 ppm B (NCaB-40 and LCaB-40). The lambs were fed paddy straw and hybrid napier hay-based total mixed ration (60 roughage: 40 concentrate) during 180 days experimental period. Compared to control, the LCa diet lowered (P 0.05) to become at par with the control (NCa) upon supplementation of B (LCaB-40). The mRNA expression of SOD1 was lowered (P 0.05) with the control (NCa). Further, B-supplementation restored lowered (P

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