Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (6): 211-217. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194254

Special Issue: Animal husbandry

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Effect of Different NDF Levels of Starter on Growth Axis and Duodenum-Related Gene Expression in Lambs

HAN Xiaoxia, ZHAO Haibi, LIU Guohua, LÜ Feng, PANG Xin, YANG Fan, WANG Xiaojuan   

  1. College of Animal Science and Technology,Gansu Agricultural University,Lanzhou 730070,China
  • Received:2023-05-13 Published:2023-12-28

Abstract:

The aim of this trial was to investigate the effect of different levels of NDF on the expression of genes related to growth axis and duodenal growth in lambs,in order to provide a reference for the appropriate NDF level for lamb starter.Thirty-six male Hu lambs were selected for the trial and randomly divided into 15% and 25% NDF level groups.At 56 days of age,six lambs from each group were selected for slaughter,weighed for tissue and organ,and the expression of relevant genes was measured.The results showed that there was no significant effect(P>0.05)of NDF levels in the starter diet on tissue and organ mass and index;in the 15% group of lambs,hypothalamic growth hormone releasing hormone(GHRH),hepatic insulin-like growth factor-1(IGF-1),duodenal IGF-1 and IGF-1 receptor(IGF-1R)expressions were significantly higher in the 25% group(P<0.05);the expression of pituitary growth hormone(GH)and growth hormone receptor(GHR) in the duodenum were significantly higher in the 25% group than in the 15% group(P<0.01).The average daily gain of lambs was strongly negatively correlated with hypothalamic GHRH expression(P<0.01),significantly negatively correlated with hepatic GHR and duodenal IGF-1 expression(P<0.05),and significantly positively correlated with pituitary GH and duodenal GHR expression(P<0.05);pituitary GH was significantly or highly significantly negatively correlated with hepatic GHR,IGF-1,duodenal IGF-1 and IGF-1R expression(P<0.05 or P<0.01),and strongly significantly positively correlated with duodenal GHR expression(P<0.01);hepatic GHR was strongly significantly positively correlated with hepatic IGF-1,duodenal IGF-1 expression(P<0.01),and strongly significantly negatively correlated with duodenal GHR expression(P<0.01).In conclusion,the expression of genes related to GH-GHR levels in the growth axis of lambs is enhanced by feeding 25% NDF level open feed compared to the 15% level group.

Key words: Lamb, Starter feed, Growth axis, Duodenum, Gene expression

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HAN Xiaoxia, ZHAO Haibi, LIU Guohua, LÜ Feng, PANG Xin, YANG Fan, WANG Xiaojuan. Effect of Different NDF Levels of Starter on Growth Axis and Duodenum-Related Gene Expression in Lambs[J]. Acta Agriculturae Boreali-Sinica, 2023, 38(6): 211-217. doi: 10.7668/hbnxb.20194254.

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