对于年轻公牛来说,进入一个新的环境是否会给他们带来压力?
Martina Moriconi1, Giulia Pagliasso1,2, Francesca Fusi3
1Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
Veterinary sciences
|September 27, 2023
概括
牛犊的运输和搬迁会引起压力,改变血液参数和免疫反应. 习惯于与人接触的小牛在新环境中表现出较轻微的适应压力.
科学领域:
- 兽医医学 兽医医学 兽医医学
- 动物生理学 动物生理学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
背景情况:
- 运输,断奶和适应气候等动物生活事件是显著的压力因素.
- 常规的牛养殖实践,包括分离,搬迁和社会重组,影响恒常性.
- 了解压力反应对于动物福利和生产力至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估转移到新环境的小牛血液参数的变化.
- 评估搬迁压力对牛生理和免疫力的影响.
- 确定关键的生物标志物,表明小牛的适应压力.
主要方法:
- 血液样本从45头小牛中收集,在到达后的多个时间点 (T1,T2,T3,T4) 收集.
- 分析包括完整血清,血清蛋白质电泳和临床化学.
- 测量了先天性免疫参数,特别是IL-6和TNF-α.
主要成果:
- 观察到与肝功能相关的临床化学参数的显著变化.
- 血清蛋白水平的变化表明生理应激反应.
- 观察到高水平的干白素-6 (IL-6) 和瘤坏死因子-α (TNF-α),这是关键的压力调解剂.
- 以前与人类有密切联系的小牛表现出较轻微的应激反应.
结论:
- 迁移会在小牛中引起可测量的生理和免疫应激.
- 细胞因子IL-6和TNF-α是适应应变压的重要指标.
- 早期的人与人之间的互动可以减轻环境变化对牛福利的负面影响.
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