Animal Bioscience

  • 제34권9호
  • /
  • Pages.1552-1558
  • /
  • 2021
  • /
  • 2765-0189(pISSN)
  • /
  • 2765-0235(eISSN)
아세아태평양축산학회 (Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Welfare traits of Bos indicus cattle castrated immunologically and fed beta-adrenergic agonists

  • 투고 : 2019.12.27
  • 심사 : 2020.03.17
  • 발행 : 2021.09.01
PDF 다운로드
⟨ 이전 논문 다음 논문 ⟩

초록

Objective: This work was carried out to evaluate the effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride (ZH) and ractopamine hydrochloride (RH) combined with immunocastration on the welfare traits of feedlot Nellore cattle. Methods: Ninety-six Nellore males (average body weight [BW] = 409±50 kg; average 20 mo of age) were divided into two groups according to BW; half of the animals in each group received two doses of an immunocastration (ImC) vaccine in a 30 day interval, and the other half did not receive the vaccine (NoC). Afterward, the animals were housed and fed a common diet for 70 days. Then, they were split into three groups and fed one of the following diets for 30 additional days: control (CO) diet, with no β-AA; ZH diet, containing 80 mg/d ZH; and RH diet, containing 300 mg/d RH. Welfare traits were assessed by monitoring body surface temperature using infrared thermography (IRT) and plasma cortisol and temperament measurements. Results: There was no interaction between sexual condition and diet for any trait. The ImC and NoC groups did not differ in rectal and ocular temperatures. The ImC animals had higher flight speeds (p = 0.022) and tended to have higher cortisol levels (p = 0.059) than the NoC animals. Animals fed ZH and RH did not differ in cortisol levels, respiratory rate, rectal temperature, temperature measured by IRT, or temperament behaviour. Conclusion: The ImC animals showed a less stable temperament during handling practices than NoC, whereas ZH and RH supplementation had no adverse effects on animal welfare.

키워드

과제정보

This research was supported by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP; grant # 2013/07985-2).

참고문헌

  1. Antonelo DS, Mazon MR, Nubiato KEZ, et al. Effects of immunocastration and β-adrenergic agonists on the performance and carcass traits of feedlot finished Nellore cattle. Animal 2017;11:2103-10. https://doi.org/10.1017/zS1751731117000842
  2. Howard ST, Woerner DR, Vote DJ, et al. Effects of ractopamine hydrochloride and zilpaterol hydrochloride supplementation on longissimus muscle shear force and sensory attributes of calf-fed Holstein steers. J Anim Sci 2014;92:376-83. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2013-7041
  3. Johnson BJ, Smith SB, Chung KY. Historical overview of the effect of β-adrenergic agonists on beef cattle production. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 2014;27:757-66. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2012.12524
  4. Boyd BM, Shackelford SD, Hales KE, et al. Effects of shade and feeding zilpaterol hydrochloride to finishing steers on performance, carcass quality, heat stress, mobility, and body temperature. J Anim Sci 2015;93:5801-11. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2015-9613
  5. Freitas VM, Leao KM, Araujo Neto FR, et al. Effects of surgical castration, immunocastration and homeopathy on the performance, carcass characteristics and behaviour of feedlot-finished crossbred bulls. Semin Cienc Agrar 2015;36: 1725-34. https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2015v36n3p1725
  6. Brigida DJ, Antonelo DS, Mazon MR, et al. Effects of immunocastration and a β-adrenergic agonist on retail cuts of feedlot finished Nellore cattle. Animal 2018;12:1690-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731117003317
  7. Mazon MR, Antonelo DS, Gomez JFM, et al. Effects of combining immunocastration and β-adrenergic agonists on the meat quality of Nellore cattle. Livest Sci 2019;226:13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.livsci.2019.05.015
  8. Sant'Anna AC, Paranhos da Costa MJR, Baldi F, Albuquerque LG. Genetic variability for temperament indicators of Nellore cattle. J Anim Sci 2013;91:3532-7. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2012-5979
  9. Burrow HM, Seifert GW, Corbet NJ. A new technique for measuring temperament in cattle. In: Proceedings of the Australian Society of Animal Production 18th biennial meeting; 1988 May: Sydney, NSW, Australia. pp. 154-7.
  10. Baszczak JA, Grandin T, Gruber SL, et al. Effects of ractopamine supplementation on behavior of British, Continental, and Brahman crossbred steers during routine handling. J Anim Sci 2006;84:3410-4. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2006-167
  11. Marti S, Devant M, Amatayakul-Chantler S, et al. Effect of anti-gonadotropin-releasing factor vaccine and band castration on indicators of welfare in beef cattle. J Anim Sci 2015;93:1581-91. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-8346
  12. Bustamante HA, Rodriguez AR, Herzberg DE, Werner MP. Stress and pain response after oligofructose induced-lameness in dairy heifers. J Vet Sci 2015;16:405-11. https://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2015.16.4.405
  13. Peres LM, Bridi AM, Silva CA, Andreo N, Tarsitano MA, Stivaletti ELT. Effect of low or high stress in pre-slaughter handling on pig carcass and meat quality. Rev Bras Zootec 2014;43:363-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1516-35982014000700004
  14. Shaw FD, Tume RK. The assessment of pre-slaughter and slaughter treatments of livestock by measurement of plasma constituents - a review of recent work. Meat Sci 1992;32:311-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/0309-1740(92)90095-L
  15. Andreo N, Bridi AM, Tarsitano MA, et al. Influence of immunocastration (Bopriva®) in weight gain, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Nellore. Semin Cienc Agrar 2013;34:4121-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2013v34n6Supl2p4121
  16. Bolado-Sarabia JL, Perez-Linares C, Figueroa-Saavedra F, et al. Effect of immunocastration on behaviour and blood parameters (cortisol and testosterone) of Holstein bulls. Austral J Vet Sci 2018;50:77-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0719-81322018000200077
  17. Fritsche S, Steinhart H. Differences in natural steroid hormone patterns of beef from bulls and steers. J Anim Sci 1998;76: 1621-5. https://doi.org/10.2527/1998.7661621x
  18. Henricksi DM, Gimenez T, Gettys TW, Schanbacher BD. Effect of castration and an anabolic implant on growth and serum hormones in cattle. Anim Sci 1988;46:35-41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003356100003081
  19. Lee CY, Henricks DM, Skelley GC, Grimes LW. Growth and hormonal response of intact and castrate male cattle to trenbolone acetate and estradiol. J Anim Sci 1990;68:2682-9. https://doi.org/10.2527/1990.6892682x
  20. Rubinow DR, Roca CA, Schmidt PJ, et al. Testosterone suppression of CRH-stimulated cortisol in men. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005;30:1906-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.npp.1300742
  21. Lund TD, Munson DJ, Haldy ME, Handa RJ. Androgen inhibits, while oestrogen enhances, restraint-induced activation of neuropeptide neurones in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus. J Neuroendocrinol 2004;16: 272-8. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0953-8194.2004.01167.x
  22. Martello LS, Silva SL, Gomes RC, Corte RRPS, Leme PR. Infrared thermography as a tool to evaluate body surface temperature and its relationship with feed efficiency in Bos indicus cattle in tropical conditions. Int J Biometeorol 2016; 60:173-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-015-1015-9
  23. Schaefer AL, Cook NJ, Bench C, et al. The non-invasive and automated detection of bovine respiratory disease onset in receiver calves using infrared thermography. Res Vet Sci 2012;93:928-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.09.021
  24. Kotrba R, Knizkova I, Kunc P, Bartos L. Comparison between the coat temperature of the eland and dairy cattle by infrared thermography. J Therm Biol 2007;32:355-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.05.006
  25. Stewart M, Webster JR, Schaefer AL, Cook NJ, Scott SL. Infrared thermography as a non-invasive tool to study animal welfare. Anim Welf 2005;14:319-25.
  26. Mousel MR, Stroup WW, Nielsen MK. Locomotor activity, core body temperature, and circadian rhythms in mice selected for high or low heat loss. J Anim Sci 2001;79:861-8. https://doi.org/10.2527/2001.794861x
  27. Janett F, Gerig T, Tschuor AC, et al. Vaccination against gonadotropin-releasing factor (GnRF) with Bopriva significantly decreases testicular development, serum testosterone levels and physical activity in pubertal bulls. Theriogenology 2012; 78:182-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.01.035
  28. Muller R, Von Keyserlingk MAG. Consistency of flight speed and its correlation to productivity and to personality in Bos taurus beef cattle. Appl Anim Behav Sci 2006;99:193-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2005.05.012
  29. Hales KE, Shackelford SD, Wells JE, et al. Effects of feeding dry-rolled corn-based diets with and without wet distillers grains with solubles and zilpaterol hydrochloride on performance, carcass characteristics, and heat stress in finishing beef steers. J Anim Sci 2014;92:4023-33. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2014-7638
  30. Hales KE, Foote AP, Jones SA, Shackelford SD, Boyd BM, Erickson GE. The effects of zilpaterol hydrochloride and shade on blood metabolites of finishing beef steers. J Anim Sci 2016;94:2937-41. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2015-9967