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19. Immunomodulatory effects of probiotics and prilled fat supplementation on immune genes expression and lymphocyte proliferation of transition stage Karan Fries cows
Meeti Punetha, A. K. Roy, H. M. Ajithakumar, Irshad Ahmed Para, Deepanshu Gupta, Mahendra Singh and Jaya Bharati
Veterinary World, 11(2): 209-214

Meeti Punetha: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
A. K. Roy: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
H. M. Ajithakumar: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Irshad Ahmed Para: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Deepanshu Gupta: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Mahendra Singh: Division of Animal Physiology, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - 132 001, Haryana, India.
Jaya Bharati: Division of Physiology and Climatology, Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar - 243 122, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.

doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.209-214

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Article history: Received: 26-10-2017, Accepted: 16-01-2018, Published online: 18-02-2018

Corresponding author: Mahendra Singh

E-mail: chhokar.ms@gmail.com

Citation: Punetha M, Roy AK, Ajithakumar HM, Para IA, Gupta D, Singh M, Bharati J (2018) Immunomodulatory effects of probiotics and prilled fat supplementation on immune genes expression and lymphocyte proliferation of transition stage Karan Fries cows, Veterinary World, 11(2): 209-214.
Abstract

Background and Aim: Probiotics are the living microorganism which when administered improves the digestion and health of the animal. Saccharomyces cerevisiae (SC) improves the humoral and innate immunity of the animal. Prilled fat is a hydrogenated palm oil triglyceride which has been reported to promote the release of cytokines from macrophages. The aim of the study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory effect of probiotic and prilled fat during transition stage in Karan Fries (KF) cows.

Materials and Methods: A total of 12 KF cows at 21 days prepartum were selected and divided into two groups of six animals each. The control group was fed as per the standard feeding practices and the supplemented group cows were supplemented daily with prilled fat at 100 g/cow, SC at 25 g/cow, and sweetener at 1 g/cow in addition to the standard feeding practices from -30 days of prepartum to 21 days of lactation. The sweetener was added to improve the palatability of the feed. The natural sweetener of an African plant leave had 105 times more sweetness than glucose with good aroma. The dry matter intake of the animal was recorded. Plasma samples were collected weekly from all cows for the analysis of blood metabolite beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA). Lymphocytes were isolated from the blood for studying the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and for estimating lymphocyte proliferation index (LPI).

Results: The upregulated IL-1β and TNF-α around calving might be possibly associated to the metabolic changes occurring during the transition period and suggest a higher degree of inflammation around parturition. High concentrations of BHBA caused increased expression and synthesis of the pro-inflammatory factors such as TNF-α and IL-1β in supplemented group in primary calf hepatocytes. The LPI was higher in supplemented group as compared to control which suggests a stimulatory effect of unsaturated fatty acids on mitogen-stimulated T-cell proliferation.

Conclusion: Dietary supplementation of probiotics, prilled fat, and sweetener alleviated negative energy balance by stimulating feed intake and modulating hepatic lipid metabolism; and both of these additives improved the postpartum health (antioxidant status and immune function) of transition dairy cows.

Keywords: beta-hydroxybutyric acid, crossbred cows, dry matter intake, interleukin-1β, lymphocyte proliferation index, prilled fat, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, tumor necrosis factor alpha.

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