›› 2019, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (8): 2354-2359.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2019.08.020

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Research Progress on the Effect of Sodium Butyrate on the Development of Gastrointestinal Tract of Calves

YU Wenjing1, WANG Chao1,2, WANG Min2, ZHAO Shengguo3, LIN Bo1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China;
    2. Institute of Subtropical Agro-ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changsha 410125, China;
    3. Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
  • Received:2019-01-16 Online:2019-08-20 Published:2019-08-17

Abstract:

Sodium butyrate is a new feed additive which is widely used in animal feed, and its effects is reported to be positive in many literatures.This paper mainly introduces the biological function of sodium butyrate, its effect on development of calves' gastrointestinal tract and the effects of being used as calves' feed additive.The authors mainly reviewed the mechanism of sodium butyrate promoting the development of gastrointestinal tract, including being used as energy source of gastrointestinal tract of animal, regulating secretion of hormones and growth factor, improving secretion and activity of digesting and absorption related enzymes, and increasing secretion of protective proteins of intestinal immune cells, etc.The present studies showed that addition of 0.3% sodium butyrate into feed dry matter could promote the development of gastrointestinal tract and growth of calves, but the addition level, phase and way were need to be further researched.Besides, there is few report on the influences of dietary forage level and endogenous butyrate which produced by concentrate fermentation on function of exogenous butyrate, which need to be further researched.

Key words: sodium butyrate; calves; gastrointestinal tract development

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