ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Effect of Different Copper Levels in Feed
on Antioxidant Capacity in Stocking the Native
Sheep in the Wumeng Prairie
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School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, China
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Feng Guang De Laboratory, Tie Qi Li Shi Group, Mianyang, China
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State Engineering Technology Institute for Karst Desertification Control, Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, China
Submission date: 2020-10-14
Final revision date: 2020-12-11
Acceptance date: 2020-12-18
Online publication date: 2021-05-21
Publication date: 2021-07-07
Corresponding author
Jian He
School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, China
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(4):3843-3848
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The purpose of this research is to better understand the effect of different copper (Cu) levels of feed
on the antioxidant capacity in the native sheep, solve the adverse effects of local seasonal Cu deficiency
on sheep, and provide a reasonable reference for Cu supplementation. 10 healthy native sheep were
selected as the control group (C group). 40 Cu-deficient native sheep were selected as tested group,
and divided randomly into 4 groups (n = 10), supplied by CuSO4 (0, 20, 40, 60 mg/kg for group I,
group II, group III and group IV, respectively). The results showed that the level of Cu, hemoglobin
(Hb), packed-cell volume (PCV), albumin (ALB), the activities of ceruloplasmin (CP), Cu/Znsuperoxide
dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) and catalase (CAT) in group I were significantly lower than those
in C group, group II, III, IV (P<0.05), but malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration was higher. The
activities of these antioxidant enzymes and MDA concentration had no significant difference between
C group, group II, III, IV (P>0.05), but group III had the highest antioxidant enzymes activity and the
lowest MDA concentration. There was no significant difference in manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), iron
(Fe), molybdenum (Mo), selenium (Se), red blood cell count (RBC), white blood cell count (WBC),
blood urea nitrogen (BUN), alanine transaminase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), aspartate
aminotransferase (GOT), total cholesterol (TC), manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) between
all groups (P>0.05). Conclusion: The function of antioxidant system of the native sheep in Weining
County have seriously reduced. Added CuSO4 to the diet increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes
and improve the health parameters, but them did not increase linearly. Added 40 mg/kg CuSO4,
the activity of antioxidant enzymes was the highest and the content of MDA was the lowest. Therefore,
it is recommended to add 40 mg/kg CuSO4 to diet of the native sheep in Weining County.