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

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 906-911 ◽  
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

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

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. S. Minka ◽  
J. O. Ayo
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Meteorological Conditions ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Induced Stress ◽  
Hot Dry Season ◽  
Dry Conditions ◽  
Transportation Stress

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.

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

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
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.

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

2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (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.

scholarly journals 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

2009 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
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.

Effect of ascorbic acid administration on erythrocyte osmotic fragility of pigs transported by road during the hot-dry season

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olayinka O. Asala ◽  
Joseph O. Ayo ◽  
Peter I. Rekwot ◽  
Ndazo S. Minka ◽  
David O. Omoniwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Osmotic Fragility ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Erythrocyte Osmotic Fragility ◽  
Hot Dry Season ◽  
Acid Administration
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