TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a blend of artificial sweetener and capsicum on productive performance and blood chemistry in growing lambs
AU - Chen, X. J.
AU - Nedelkov, K.
AU - Oh, J.
AU - Harper, M. T.
AU - Wall, E. H.
AU - Felix, T. L.
AU - Hristov, A. N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a blend (CapSw) of capsicum (3% approximate concentration of Capsicum oleoresin, Cap) and a high-intensity artificial sweetener (93% approximate concentration of sodium saccharin, Sw) on the growth performance, blood chemistry and cell counts, markers of fat mobilization, and hormones in growing ewe lambs. Thirty-six lambs (47.4 ± 2.62 kg of body weight, Dorset and Suffolk × Hampshire) were used in a 7-wk randomized complete block design experiment. Following a week of adaption, lambs were housed in 9 pens (4 lambs/pen) and pens were blocked based on lambs’ average body weight into 3 blocks of 3 pens each. Treatments were control (basal diet without additives), basal diet with low level of CapSw (86 mg/head per day) and basal diet with high level of CapSw (172 mg/head per day). CapSw tended to linearly decrease (P = 0.002) dry matter intake and had no effect on average daily gain of the lambs and feed efficiency. Treatment had no effects on blood cell counts and concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and glucose. Blood serum insulin concentration was quadratically (lowest in low level of CapSw treatment) decreased (P = 0.002) by CapSw. CapSw tended to quadratically increase (P = 0.07) cortisol and had no effect on haptoglobin concentration in blood serum. In this experiment, dietary supplementation of a blend of capsicum oleoresin and a high-intensity artificial sweetener had no effect on growth performance of lambs, but it appeared to have effect on insulin secretion.
AB - The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a blend (CapSw) of capsicum (3% approximate concentration of Capsicum oleoresin, Cap) and a high-intensity artificial sweetener (93% approximate concentration of sodium saccharin, Sw) on the growth performance, blood chemistry and cell counts, markers of fat mobilization, and hormones in growing ewe lambs. Thirty-six lambs (47.4 ± 2.62 kg of body weight, Dorset and Suffolk × Hampshire) were used in a 7-wk randomized complete block design experiment. Following a week of adaption, lambs were housed in 9 pens (4 lambs/pen) and pens were blocked based on lambs’ average body weight into 3 blocks of 3 pens each. Treatments were control (basal diet without additives), basal diet with low level of CapSw (86 mg/head per day) and basal diet with high level of CapSw (172 mg/head per day). CapSw tended to linearly decrease (P = 0.002) dry matter intake and had no effect on average daily gain of the lambs and feed efficiency. Treatment had no effects on blood cell counts and concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and glucose. Blood serum insulin concentration was quadratically (lowest in low level of CapSw treatment) decreased (P = 0.002) by CapSw. CapSw tended to quadratically increase (P = 0.07) cortisol and had no effect on haptoglobin concentration in blood serum. In this experiment, dietary supplementation of a blend of capsicum oleoresin and a high-intensity artificial sweetener had no effect on growth performance of lambs, but it appeared to have effect on insulin secretion.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114308
DO - 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2019.114308
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074168410
SN - 0377-8401
VL - 258
JO - Animal Feed Science and Technology
JF - Animal Feed Science and Technology
M1 - 114308
ER -