Modulating Role of Vitamins C and E against Transport-Induced Stress in Pullets during the Hot-Dry Conditions

The modulating effects of ascorbic acid (AA), vitamin E (E), and a combination of AA and E () against eight-hour road transportation stress were investigated in 120 pullets during the hot-dry season. The result obtained showed that handling, loading and transportation induced lymphopenia, neutrophilia, liveweight loss, and mortality, which was alleviated by oral administration of AA, E, and at doses of 60 mg, 30 mg, and mg per kg bodyweight, respectively, 30 minutes before being loaded and transported. The meteorological conditions recorded during the study period were higher () than the thermoneutral values established for chickens in the zone. In conclusion, the administration of vitamins AA, E, and , especially AA, ameliorated the risk of adverse effects of handling, loading, transportation, and thermal stress in pullets during the hot-dry season.

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Modulating Effect of Ascorbic Acid on Transport-Induced Immunosuppression in Goats

ISRN Veterinary Science ◽

10.5402/2011/749753 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ndazo Salka Minka ◽

Joseph Olusegun Ayo

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

High Ambient Temperature ◽

Control Group ◽

Sterile Water ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Neutrophil Lymphocyte Ratio ◽

Hot Dry Season ◽

Transportation Stress ◽

Group 1

The effect of 12 h road transportation on some basic blood cells and the modulating role of ascorbic acid were investigated in 40 adult Red Sokoto goats during the hot dry season. The animals were divided into two groups, GI (experimental; ) and GII (control; ). Group 1 was administered with ascorbic acid (AA) per os at a dosage rate of 100 mg/kg body weight, while GII was given 10 mL of sterile water per goat. Forty minutes after the administration and loading, the goats were transported for 12 h. The result obtained in GII goats showed that loading, transportation, high ambient temperature (AT), and relative humidity (RH) encountered during transportation induced lymphopenia, neutrophilia, and eosinopenia, which can cause immunosuppression. In GI goats, the administration of AA prior to loading and transportation ameliorated the adverse effects of loading and transportation stress on neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and eosinopenia of the goats.

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Modulatory effect of ascorbic acid on physiological responses of transported ostrich chicks

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research ◽

10.4102/ojvr.v79i1.388 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 79 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Minka N. Salka ◽

Ayo J. Olusegun

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Treated Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Sterile Water ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Physiological Variables ◽

Hot Dry Season ◽

Dry Conditions ◽

And Control ◽

First Time

The aims of this study were to determine the modulating role of ascorbic acid (AA) on rectal temperature (RT), heterophil to lymphocyte (H to L) ratio and aberrant behaviours of ostrich chicks transported by road for 4 h during hot-dry conditions. Twenty ostrich chicks aged 2.5 months, of both sexes and belonging to the Red Neck breed, served as subjects of the study. The chicks were assigned randomly to AA-treated and control groups, consisting of 10 chicks each. The AA-treated group was administered orally with 100 mg/kg body weight of AA dissolved in 5 mL of sterile water 30 min before transportation, whilst the control group was given the equivalent of sterile water only. The thermal load (TL) experienced in the vehicle during transportation fluctuated between 31 °C and 89 °C, as calculated from the ambient temperature and relative humidity. Transportation induced hyperthermia, lymphopenia, heterophilia and aberrant behaviours of pecking, wing fluffing and panting, which were ameliorated by AA administration. The relationships between the TL, journey duration and physiological variables of RT, H to L ratio and aberrant behaviours recorded during transportation were significantly and positively correlated in the control group. In AA-treated group the relationships were not significantly correlated. In conclusion, the results showed for the first time that AA ameliorated the adverse effects of stress caused by road transportation on the aberrant behaviours, RT and H to L ratio of ostrich chicks during the hot-dry season.

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Effects of road transportation on excitability scores of pigs administered with ascorbic acid during the hot-dry season

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY ◽

10.5897/ajb09.778 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 906-911 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Oluwafemi Asala Olayinka ◽

Olusegun Ayo Joseph ◽

Yahaya Adenkola Adeshina ◽

Salka Minka Ndazo

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Dry Season ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Hot Dry Season

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Effects of Ascorbic Acid on Diurnal Variations in Rectal Temperature of Shaver Brown Pullets During the Hot-Dry Season

International Journal of Poultry Science ◽

10.3923/ijps.2007.642.646 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 6 (9) ◽

pp. 642-646 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

J.O. Ayo ◽

V.O. Sinkalu

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Rectal Temperature ◽

Dry Season ◽

Diurnal Variations ◽

Hot Dry Season

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Physiological responses of transported goats treated with ascorbic acid during the hot-dry season

Animal Science Journal ◽

10.1111/j.1740-0929.2007.00421.x ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 78 (2) ◽

pp. 164-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Ndazo Salka MINKA ◽

Joseph Olusegun AYO

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Physiological Responses ◽

Dry Season ◽

Hot Dry Season

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Effects of ascorbic acid on diurnal variations in rectal temperature of piglets during the hot dry season

Nigerian Veterinary Journal ◽

10.4314/nvj.v29i2.3592 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A Fayomi ◽

JO Ayo ◽

AO Akinpelu

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Rectal Temperature ◽

Dry Season ◽

Diurnal Variations ◽

Hot Dry Season

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Ascorbic Acid a Universal Supplement that Mitigates Road Transportation Stress in Ruminants: A Review

Agricultural Reviews ◽

10.18805/ag.r-143 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (03) ◽

Author(s):

K. T. Biobaku ◽

A. O. Ahmed

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Animal Welfare ◽

Meat Quality ◽

Meat Product ◽

Withdrawal Period ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Livestock Industry ◽

Animal Physiology ◽

Transportation Stress ◽

The Tropics

This write up is aimed at proffering solution to the problem of transportation stress in ruminants in the tropics. Ascorbic acid is safe as buttressed in this write up for the improvement of meat quality in short and long terms road transportation stress.This review cover an aspect of animal physiology of stress, veterinary pharmacological aspects of ascorbic acid, how ascorbic acid improved meat product of animals exposed to long transportation stress. Ascorbic acid had no withdrawal period and was scientifically proven to be advantageous to meat characteristics and animal welfare. This was given credence to by its advantages as an anti-oxidative agent in solving the menace of road transportation to veterinarians, animal scientists and other professionals in the livestock industry.

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Responses of serum electrolytes of goats to twelve hours of road transportation during the hot-dry season in Nigeria, and the effect of pretreatment with ascorbic acid

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research ◽

10.4102/ojvr.v76i4.25 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 76 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J.O. Ayo ◽

N.S. Minka ◽

A.K.B. Sackey ◽

A.B. Adelaiye

Keyword(s):

Ascorbic Acid ◽

Respiratory Alkalosis ◽

Electrolyte Balance ◽

Road Transportation ◽

Serum Electrolytes ◽

Serum Chloride ◽

Hot Dry Season ◽

And Control ◽

Muscular Damage ◽

Experimental Group

Twenty goats which served as the experimental group were administered ascorbic acid (AA) per os at a dosage rate of 100 mg/kg body mass, while 20 others served as controls and were given 10 mt each of sterile water. Forty minutes after the administration and loading, the goats were transported for 12 h. Handling and loading of the experimental and control groups of goats decreased (P < 0.05) the potassium and sodium serum concentrations. The concentration of serum chloride, sodium and calcium increased significantly (P< 0.05) immediately post-transportation, while potassium and magnesium decreased (P < 0.05) in the control goats. In AA-treated goats sodium and magnesium concentrations decreased abruptly (P< 0.05), while calcium increased significantly (P< 0.05) after transportation. Handling, loading and transportation adversely affected the electrolyte balance of the goats which suggested respiratory alkalosis, dehydration and muscular damage in the transported goats, and the administration of AA alleviated the adverse effects of road transportation stress on serum electrolytes.

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