Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF THE HELLENIC VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY, cilt.74, sa.4, ss.6491-6500, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
The goal of this study was to find out how drinking whey-enriched ad-libitum water affected oxidative stress and inflammation in 24 Merino lambs that were putting on weight. To do this, lambs were randomly split into two groups and given eitherad libitum freshwater (control) or whey-enriched water (whey), clover as roughage, and lamb grower concentrate feed as their daily ration. Blood samples were collected before the trial (T1), on the 15th (T2),), and 30th (T3) days, and hemogram; serum antioxidant enzymes (Superoxide dismutase, SOD; Glutathione peroxidase, GSH-Px); inflammation response (C-Reactive Protein, CRP), complement activation; chemokine markers (Comple-ment Component 4, C4), lymphocyte activation factor (IL-1), systemic inflammation cytokines. The rate of hematocrit was found to be higher in the experimental group in T3 (35. 55 +/- 10. 54) compared to the control group (44. 50 +/- 2. 58). T2 and T3 showed higher platelet amounts in the whey group than the control group (p<0. 05). In conclusion, with the use of whey-enriched drinking water, no significant change was observed in the amounts of TNF-alpha, SOD, MDA, IL-1 beta, C4, CRP and live weight gain under these study conditions between the two groups.