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ArticleHeliyon2024

Sodium acetate and sodium butyrate attenuate diarrhea in yak calves by regulating gut microbiota and metabolites.

Qinghui Kong, Xiushuang Chen, Yang Liu, Farah Ali, Asif Idrees, Farid Shokry Ataya, Zhenda Shang, Kun Li

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Qinghui KongKey Laboratory of Clinical Veterinary Medicine in Tibet, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, 860000, Tibet, China.
Xiushuang ChenInstitute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Yang LiuInstitute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Tibet Academy of Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Sciences, Lhasa, 850000, China.
Farah AliFaculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 63100, Pakistan.
Asif IdreesKBCMA, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Narowal, Pakistan.
Farid Shokry AtayaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Zhenda ShangKey Laboratory of Clinical Veterinary Medicine in Tibet, Tibet Agriculture and Animal Husbandry College, Linzhi, 860000, Tibet, China.
Kun LiInstitute of Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Nanjing Agricultural University · CNTibet University · CNAnimal Science Research Institute · CNIslamia University of Bahawalpur · PKKing Saud University · SAUniversity of Veterinary and Animal Sciences · PK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diarrhea is a severe issue in calves that causes fertility problems and economic issues worldwide. Sodium acetate/sodium butyrate (SA/SB) alleviates diarrhea in mice; however, little information is available about the preventive effect of SA/SB on diarrheic yak calves living on the Tibet plateau. Yak calves (n = 19) of age ≥4 months and weight 37 ± 2 Kg were randomly divided into control (C, n = 10) and supplement groups (S, n = 9). Yaks belonging to the supplement group were given sodium butyrate (10 g/kg) and sodium acetate (5 g/kg) for 28 days, along with normal feed, seasonal grasses, pasture, and water. The blood and fecal samples from yak calves were collected for assessment of antioxidant capacity, inflammatory cytokines, microbiome, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) concentration analysis. Results of this study revealed that a lower diarrhea rate, higher weight, and net weight gain were recorded in yaks belonging to group S supplemented with SA/SB. Similarly, increased antioxidant capacity with higher levels of T-AOC, SOD, and GSH-px and decreased inflammatory reactions by decreasing both TNF-α and IL-1β concentrations were recorded in yaks of group S. The concentration of SCFAs was significantly higher (

Indexed as

DiarrheaMicrobiotaSCFAsSodium acetateSodium butyrateYak

Identifiers

PMID38439875
PMCPMC10909669
OpenAlexW4392133133

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