Impacts of Different Prenatal Supplementation Strategies on the Plasma Metabolome of Bulls in the Rearing and Finishing Phase.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of maternal nutrition on the plasma metabolome of Nellore bulls in the rearing and finishing phases, and metabolic differences between these phases. For this study, three nutritional approaches were used in 126 cows during pregnancy: NP-(control) mineral supplementation; PP-protein-energy supplementation in the final third; and FP-protein-energy supplementation during the entire pregnancy. We collected blood samples from male offspring in the rearing (450 ± 28 days old) and finishing phases (660 ± 28 days old). The blood was processed, and from plasma samples, we performed the targeted metabolome analysis (AbsoluteIDQ^® p180 Kit). Multiple linear regression, principal component analysis (PCA), repeated measures analysis over time, and an enrich

SUBMITTER: Polizel GHG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9960736 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature