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Mineral Supplementation during Gestation in Beef Cattle
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Mineral Supplementation during Gestation in Beef Cattle

A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases in Veterinary Medicine".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 3504

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ana Clara Baião Menezes

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Department of Animal Science, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Interests: beef cattle nutrition; fetal programming; energy and protein metabolism
Dr. Carl Dahlen

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Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy, Animal Sciences Department, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
Interests: reproduction; fetal programming; mineral nutrition

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Minerals play a critical role in several biological functions (i.e., hormone and DNA synthesis, cellular antioxidant defense, membrane electric potential, nerve transmission, and the metabolism of nutrients), being essential for fetal growth and development. Maternal nutrient intake is one of the main factors that influence the availability of minerals to the fetus, and an inadequate supply of these critical nutrients can have a long-lasting impact on offspring growth and health. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the effects of nutritional management strategies on the supply of macro and trace minerals delivered to the fetus. Thus, this Special Issue will focus on advancing our knowledge on the impacts of maternal mineral nutrition during pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes. We encourage the submission of original research articles and reviews that provide novel insights into the role of mineral nutrition throughout the whole gestational period or in specific stages of gestation (i.e., embryogenesis, early gestation, mid-gestation, and late gestation) on maternal and offspring performance, metabolic programming, fetal programming, offspring health, as well as potential epigenetic modifications. We welcome and look forward to your contributions.

This Special Issue of Veterinary Sciences will focus on advancing our knowledge on the impacts of maternal mineral nutrition during pregnancy on maternal and fetal outcomes. Maternal nutrient intake is one of the main factors that influence the availability of minerals to the fetus, and an inadequate supply of these critical nutrients can have a long-lasting impact on offspring growth and health. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the effects of nutritional management strategies on the supply of macro and trace minerals delivered to the fetus. Thus, we encourage the submission of original research articles and reviews that provide novel insights into the role of mineral nutrition throughout the whole gestational period or in specific stages of gestation (i.e., embryogenesis, early gestation, mid-gestation, and late gestation) on maternal and offspring performance, metabolic programming, fetal programming, offspring health, as well as potential epigenetic modifications.

We welcome and look forward to your contributions.

Dr. Ana Clara Baião Menezes
Dr. Carl Dahlen
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • mineral nutrition
  • maternal mineral intake during gestation
  • mineral supply
  • macro minerals
  • trace minerals
  • fetal programming
  • metabolic programming
  • epigenetic modifications

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Influence of Maternal Supplementation with Vitamins, Minerals, and (or) Protein/Energy on Placental Development and Angiogenic Factors in Beef Heifers during Pregnancy
by Bethania J. Dávila Ruiz, Carl R. Dahlen, Kacie L. McCarthy, Joel S. Caton, Jennifer L. Hurlbert, Friederike Baumgaertner, Ana Clara B. Menezes, Wellison J. S. Diniz, Sarah R. Underdahl, James D. Kirsch, Kevin K. Sedivec, Kerri A. Bochantin, Pawel P. Borowicz, Sebastián Canovas and Lawrence P. Reynolds
Vet. Sci. 2024, 11(3), 111; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11030111 - 2 Mar 2024
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The effect of vitamins and minerals supplementation (VTM) and/or two rates of body weight gain (GAIN) on bovine placental vascular development and angiogenic factors gene expression were evaluated in two experiments: In Exp. 1, crossbred Angus heifers (n = 34) were assigned [...] Read more.
The effect of vitamins and minerals supplementation (VTM) and/or two rates of body weight gain (GAIN) on bovine placental vascular development and angiogenic factors gene expression were evaluated in two experiments: In Exp. 1, crossbred Angus heifers (n = 34) were assigned to VTM/NoVTM treatments at least 71 days before breeding to allow changes in the mineral status. At breeding, through artificial insemination (AI), heifers were assigned to low-gain (LG) 0.28 kg/d or moderate-gain (MG) 0.79 kg/d treatments, resulting in NoVTM-LG (Control; n = 8), NoVTM-MG (n = 8), VTM-LG (n = 9), and VTM-MG (n = 9) until day 83 of gestation; In Exp. 2, crossbred angus heifers (n = 28), were assigned to control (CON; n = 12), receiving a basal total mixed ration (TMR) or TMR + VTM (VTM; n = 16) from breeding until parturition. Placentomes from Exp. 1 and cotyledons (COT) from Exp. 2 were evaluated by immunohistochemistry for COT vascular density area. COTs from Exp. 1 were evaluated for angiogenic factor (ANGPT-1, ANGPT-2, eNOS2, eNOS3, FLT1, KDR, TEK, VEGFA) gene expression. In Exp. 1, COT vascularity was not affected by the interaction of VTM and GAIN (p = 0.67) or the main effects of VTM (p = 0.50) and GAIN (p = 0.55). Likewise, angiogenic factors were not differentially expressed between treatments (p < 0.05). In Exp. 2, COT vascularity was greater in VTM vs. CON (p = 0.07). In conclusion, there is a suggested later-stage influence of vitamin and mineral supplementation on placental vascularity, emphasizing the importance of supplementation beyond early pregnancy. Full article
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The Effect of Copper and Zinc Sources on Liver Copper and Zinc Concentrations and Performance of Beef Cows and Suckling Calves
by Jesse O. Fulton, Amanda D. Blair, Keith R. Underwood, Russell F. Daly, Michael G. Gonda, George A. Perry and Cody L. Wright
Vet. Sci. 2023, 10(8), 511; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10080511 - 8 Aug 2023
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To determine the influence of the source of gestational and postnatal Cu and Zn supplementation on cow and calf performance, cows (n = 287) were assigned to one of the following two treatments: (1) inorganic (INORG) treatment, in which cows were supplemented [...] Read more.
To determine the influence of the source of gestational and postnatal Cu and Zn supplementation on cow and calf performance, cows (n = 287) were assigned to one of the following two treatments: (1) inorganic (INORG) treatment, in which cows were supplemented with 15 mg of Cu (as CuSO4) and 15 mg of Zn (as ZnSO4) per kg of diet DM, or (2) organic (ORG) treatment, in which cows were supplemented with 15 mg of Cu (as Cu proteinate; Bioplex Cu, Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY, USA) and 15 mg of Zn (as Zn proteinate; Bioplex Zn, Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY, USA) per kg of diet DM. The treatments were initiated prior to breeding and continued throughout gestation until weaning. Liver biopsies were collected for analysis of mineral content. Cow body condition score (BCS), body weight (BW), pregnancy data, calf weaning weight (WW), and antibody response of the calves were recorded. The cows receiving the INORG treatment had a greater BW (p < 0.05) and BCS (p < 0.01) at breeding in Year 2, while the cows on the ORG treatment had a greater (p < 0.05) BW at weaning in Year 2. The cows that received the ORG mineral had improved (p < 0.05) conception rates in Year 1. The calves receiving the ORG treatment had heavier (p < 0.05) 205-day adjusted WWs. Full article
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