Ruminants react to heat stress by decreasing DM intake and gastro-intestinal passage rate. Rumen digestibility is generally reported to increase. Silymarin extract (silibinin, silychristin and silydianin) is reported to protect liver cells and to provide antioxidant, immune stimulating and anti-inflammatory effects (Wellington et al., 2001), which can be of value during heat stress. No information is available on the effect of silymarin on rumen metabolism. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of silymarin on goats exposed to hot environment in climatic chambers.
Effects of Silymarin on rumen metabolism and microbial population in goats exposed to hot environment
ACUTI, GABRIELE
;TRABALZA MARINUCCI, Massimo;CHIARADIA, Elisabetta;AVELLINI, Luca
2003
Abstract
Ruminants react to heat stress by decreasing DM intake and gastro-intestinal passage rate. Rumen digestibility is generally reported to increase. Silymarin extract (silibinin, silychristin and silydianin) is reported to protect liver cells and to provide antioxidant, immune stimulating and anti-inflammatory effects (Wellington et al., 2001), which can be of value during heat stress. No information is available on the effect of silymarin on rumen metabolism. The aim of this paper was to investigate the effects of silymarin on goats exposed to hot environment in climatic chambers.File in questo prodotto:
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