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- Title
Fermentation quality of herbal tea residue and its application in fattening cattle under heat stress.
- Authors
Zhuang, Xiaona; Chen, Zujing; Sun, Xiaohong; Li, Fangjun; Luo, Junyi; Chen, Ting; Xi, Qianyun; Zhang, Yongliang; Sun, Jiajie
- Abstract
Background: Herbal tea residue (HTR) is generally considered to be the waste of herbal tea beverage production while it still retains rich nutrients and active substances. The main aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of fermentation technology on improving the quality of HTRs, and focus on the fermented HTR-induced alleviation of summer heat stress in fattening cattle. Results: In this study, the waste HTR was fermented and then fed to a total of 45 fattening cattle that were divided into 3 groups (fermented HTR replaced 0, 15, 30% of the forage component of the diet), and the feeding experiment was lasted for 40 days. The physiological indexes, growth performance and fecal microbiota of fattening cattle were evaluated and results showed that fermented HTR could effectively reduce the respiratory rate and rectal temperature of fattening cattle under heat stress, increase the daily feed intake and daily gain, and improve the antioxidant content and blood immune index. In addition, we studied the fecal microbiota composition of 6 fattening cattle in control and 30% HTR substitution groups and found fermented HTR significantly changed the composition of fecal microbiota and increased microbial diversity, and correlation analysis suggested that the bacteria were closely related to fecal SCFA levels of fattening cattle under heat stress. Conclusions: In this study, fermented HTR replaced 30% of the forage component of the diet that can change the intestine microorganisms, maintain health and alleviate the heat stress of fattening cattle.
- Subjects
HERBAL teas; CATTLE feeding &; feeds; CATTLE; PERMUTATION groups; FERMENTATION; MICROBIAL diversity; FEED additives
- Publication
BMC Veterinary Research, 2021, Vol 17, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1746-6148
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12917-021-03061-y