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: Received: 30 August 2023 / Approved: 1 September 2023 / Online: 1 September 2023 (17:02:37 CEST)
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Herman, N.; Batard, A.; Geollot, S.; Devambez, T.; Durel, L. Effect of Injectable or Oral Trace Mineral Supplementation on Beef Calf Health Status and Growth. Preprints2023, 2023090095. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0095.v1
Herman, N.; Batard, A.; Geollot, S.; Devambez, T.; Durel, L. Effect of Injectable or Oral Trace Mineral Supplementation on Beef Calf Health Status and Growth. Preprints 2023, 2023090095. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0095.v1
Herman, N.; Batard, A.; Geollot, S.; Devambez, T.; Durel, L. Effect of Injectable or Oral Trace Mineral Supplementation on Beef Calf Health Status and Growth. Preprints2023, 2023090095. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0095.v1
APA Style
Herman, N., Batard, A., Geollot, S., Devambez, T., & Durel, L. (2023). Effect of Injectable or Oral Trace Mineral Supplementation on Beef Calf Health Status and Growth. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0095.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Herman, N., Thibault Devambez and Luc Durel. 2023 "Effect of Injectable or Oral Trace Mineral Supplementation on Beef Calf Health Status and Growth" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.0095.v1
Abstract
This study compared the relative effect of two trace mineral supplementation strategies recom-mended in France for newborn beef calves. 600 calves were supplemented with 20 mg oral sele-nium (OTM group) at birth (D0) or by injection (ITM group) of a multi-mineral solution (60 mg of Zn, 10 mg of Mn, 15 mg of Cu, 5 mg of Se) on D0, D30 and D60. Mortality and the incidence rate of diseases, including diarrhea, omphalitis, pneumonia, as well as medicinal treatments, were recorded from D0 to D210. The incidence rate of omphalitis was significantly lower in the ITM group than in the OTM group (respectively 11% vs. 17%, P = 0.036). The cumulative inci-dence rate of all health troubles was lower in the ITM group than in the OTM group (P=0.007). Except for pneumonia, incidence of diarrhea (24% vs. 22%), use of oral (7% vs. 6%) or IV rehydra-tion therapy (4% vs. 2%) or use of antibiotics (43.3% vs. 38.0%) and mortality (3% vs 2%) were numerically higher in OTM group than in ITM group (n.s.). In this study, ITM supplementation is as efficient as oral supplementation regarding calves' health status. It reduces the risk of ompha-litis at the calf level effectively.
Keywords
Beef calf; Trace mineral supplementation; Passive transfer; Innate immunity; Adaptive immunity; Health status
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Veterinary Medicine
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