Supplementation with Rumen-Protected Methionine Reduced the Parasitic Effect of <i>Haemonchus contortus</i> in Goats
2023
Laura Montout | Lahlou Bahloul | Dalila Feuillet | Max Jean-Bart | Harry Archimède | Jean-Christophe Bambou
The present study investigated the impact of rumen-protected (RP) methionine supplementation on the resistance and resilience to <i>Haemonchus contortus</i> experimental infection of goat kids. Twenty-seven 6-month-old goat kids (14.55 ± 2.7 kg body weight) were placed in individual pens during an experimental period of forty-two days. Each kid was placed under one of three distinct diets (<i>n</i> = 9 animals/diet) corresponding to the following experimental groups: Control (C, Hay + concentrate), Low Methionine (LM, Hay + concentrate + 3.5 g/Kg of Dry Matter (DM) of RP methionine, or High Methionine (HM, Hay + concentrate + 11.5 g/Kg of DM of RP methionine). After a 4-week period of adaptation to the diets, all the animals were experimentally infected with a single oral dose of 10,000 <i>H. contortus</i> third-stage infective larvae (L3). No significant effect of RP methionine supplementation was observed for feed intake, digestibility and growth performance. The faecal egg counts (FEC) and worm burdens were not impacted by RP methionine supplementation either. In contrast, Packed cell volume (PCV) and haemoglobin concentration were higher in kids supplemented with RP methionine. Similarly, the level of serum IgA directed against adult <i>H. contortus</i> excretion and secretion products (ESP) was higher in supplemented kids. These results suggested that RP methionine supplementation improved goat kids’ resilience against <i>H. contortus</i> infection.
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