Profile of serum lipid metabolites of one-week-old goat kids depending on the type of rearing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weaning of goat kids immediately after birth and feeding them on bovine or heat-treated caprine colostrum, referred to as snatching, is considered an effective control measure in some infectious diseases. The study was carried out in one-week-old goat kids to gain insight into the profile of lipid metabolites and to investigate the influence of snatching on kids' metabolism. Fifty-two goat kids born to 23 female goats were included in the study - 22 kids were weaned immediately after birth and kept isolated from their mothers; 30 remaining kids were left with their mothers for next 3 weeks so that they could nurse on dams' milk at will. Blood was collected at the age of 1 week and serum was obtained by centrifugation. The concentration of lipid metabolites was determined

SUBMITTER: Czopowicz M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7507259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature