Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Uludag, 16059 Gorukle, Bursa, Turkey.
Animal. 2012 Dec;6(12):1947-54. doi: 10.1017/S1751731112000900. Epub 2012 Apr 27.
Fifty newborn Saanen kids were used to study the effects of inulin supplementation on faecal score, faecal pH, selected faecal bacterial population, BW, body temperature, haematological traits, selected health parameters and the incidence of diarrhoea. Kids were sorted by parity of their dams and multiple birth (twin or triplet) and assigned to one of the two groups (control: CG, and experimental: EG) at birth. Each group consisted of 25 kids. The groups were similar with regard to sex and birth weight. All kids were fed colostrum for the first 3 days after birth, and then the kids in EG were adapted to inulin supplementation by an increased dosage from day 4 to 7. Each kid in EG was supplemented with 0.2 g, 0.3 g, 0.4 g, 0.5 g and 0.6 g inulin on day 4, 5, 6, 7 and from day 8 to 28, respectively, whereas the kids in CG did not receive inulin. Faecal score and faecal bacterial population were not affected by inulin supplementation (P > 0.05). There were differences in faecal pH on day 14 (P = 0.01) and 28 (P<0.05), whereas no difference in faecal pH on day 21 (P > 0.05) was detected between groups. No differences (P > 0.05) in BW and haematological traits were found between groups. Body temperature did not differ on day 14 and 21 (P > 0.05), whereas there was a difference in body temperature on day 28 (P = 0.01) between groups. The numbers of kids with pneumonia and kids treated for pneumonia and diarrhoea were similar for CG and EG. Kid losses during the study were the same for CG and EG. The incidence of diarrhoea was not affected by inulin supplementation (P > 0.05). Inulin supplemented to kids did not adversely affect faecal score. The effect of inulin on faecal pH was not consistent. The results of our study suggested that daily dose (0.6 g) of inulin might not be enough to observe effects of it. Our data will be useful to determine the dose and timing of inulin supplementation in future studies investigating the effects of inulin on the parameters associated with performance and health status in kids and other young ruminants.
五十头新生萨能奶山羊羔羊用于研究菊糖补充对粪便评分、粪便 pH 值、粪便中特定细菌种群、体重、体温、血液学特性、健康参数和腹泻发生率的影响。羔羊根据母羊的胎次和多胎（双胞胎或三胞胎）进行分类，并在出生时分为两组（对照组：CG 和实验组：EG）。每组由 25 头羔羊组成。两组在性别和初生重方面无差异。所有羔羊出生后 3 天内均喂初乳，然后从第 4 天开始 EG 组羔羊逐渐适应菊糖补充，每天逐渐增加剂量。EG 组的每头羔羊分别在第 4、5、6、7 天和第 8 天至 28 天补充 0.2、0.3、0.4、0.5 和 0.6 g 菊糖，而 CG 组羔羊不接受菊糖补充。菊糖补充对粪便评分和粪便细菌种群无影响（P > 0.05）。第 14 天（P = 0.01）和第 28 天（P<0.05）粪便 pH 值有差异，第 21 天（P > 0.05）两组粪便 pH 值无差异。两组间体重和血液学特性无差异（P > 0.05）。第 14 天和第 21 天体温无差异（P > 0.05），第 28 天体温有差异（P = 0.01）。CG 和 EG 组患肺炎和接受肺炎和腹泻治疗的羔羊数量相似。研究期间 CG 和 EG 组羔羊损失相同。菊糖补充对腹泻发生率无影响（P > 0.05）。菊糖补充到羔羊粪便中未导致粪便评分降低。菊糖对粪便 pH 值的影响不一致。我们的研究结果表明，每天 0.6 g 菊糖的剂量可能不足以观察到其效果。我们的数据将有助于确定未来研究中菊糖补充的剂量和时间，以研究菊糖对羔羊和其他幼反刍动物性能和健康状况相关参数的影响。
