title: Sugarcane and mulberry silage supplementation of sheep during the peripartum period.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementation with silage made from sugarcane alone or mulberry and sugarcane on the gastrointestinal nematodes and hematological parameters in peripartum Santa Inês ewes. Three groups, each of 15 ewes, were supplemented with either 100 % sugarcane silage or sugarcane silage and mulberry at ratios of either 75:25 or 50:50. The variables analyzed were weight, body condition, packed cell volume, total plasma protein, hemoglobin, total leukocytes, eosinophils, and number of parasite eggs per gram of feces. All variables were measured individually every 14 days, making ten samples per ewe. Diets with sugarcane added to different proportions of mulberry branches did not influence the blood and parasitological parameters of Santa Inês sheep naturally infected in the peripartum period.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Zootecnia Diversificada, Instituto de Zootecnia, Apta. Rua Heitor Penteado, 56, Nova Odessa, São Paulo, 13460-000, Brazil.
authors.forename: Caroline Marçal Gomes
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: Ricardo Lopes Dias da
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Guadalupe Aparecida Espicaski
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Parren
authors.forename: Miguel Alejandro Silva
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rua
authors.forename: Ellen Carolina Pereira
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Nordi
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Okamoto
authors.forename: Cláudia Cristina Paro
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Paz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006188:Haemonchiasis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006189:Haemonchus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D031625:Morus; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary; D058725:Peripartum Period; D031786:Saccharum; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012820:Silage