Animal Reproductive Health: Evaluating the Benefits of Mineral and Bypass Fat Supplements for Preventing Abnormalities
Abstract
A vital component of livestock management, animal reproductive health affects sustainability and production. This study looks into the possible advantages of mineral and bypass fat supplements in reducing animal reproductive problems. It is well known that a healthy diet, which includes vital minerals and energy sources, affects a woman animal’s ability to reproduce. Over two years, 19,200 cows from 16,405 farmers participated in fertility improvement camps across seven states in India. The animals had a poor fertility history. A study was conducted to assess the nutritional status of 720 non-infectious, sterile animals in relation to their reproductive health. Give ivermectin 100 mg s/c or fenbendazole + ivermectin 3g orally to kill non-infectious clean animals. In Maharashtra, 230 estrus animals, 250 recurrent mating animals and 240 anestrous animals were chosen for the study. For one month, 240 anestrous animals were given nutritional supplements in the form of bypass fat, multi-mineral shakes, or chelated area-specific mineral mixture (ASMM). After 120 days, follow-up visits were conducted to assess reproductive health. The results indicated that anestrous cows differ from estrus along with recurrent mating cows in terms of average blood sugar levels (p<0.05), total lipids, the amount of zinc and phosphorus (p<0.05). Compared to anestrous cows, dairy cows that mated again had decreased plasma concentrations of iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and total protein. The fatty acids such as omega-3, omega-6 and amino acids are lower. About 30% had insufficient calcium levels, suggesting calcium can play a role in dairy cow infertility. The phosphorus ratio differed among the animals studied in different fields, indicating that it plays a part in dairy cow infertility. In pubertal/postpartum anestrous animals, supplementing with ASMM, multi-mineral shake and bypass fat led to a 35-50% estrus induction response and a 30-55% conception rate; these outcomes were superior to those obtained from mineral supplementation alone.
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