摘要
The aim of the present experiment was to determine if there was an adaptation on plasma antioxidant capacities of yak under the malnutrition （fasting treatment）. Three castrated male yaks and equal numbers of indigenous male cattle and of castrated male cattleyak with mean body weight of 146 ± 5.0, 116 ±3.0 and 149 ± 5.0 kg, respectively, were used. The fasting period lasted for 6 d. Results showed that： plasma total antoxidative capacity （T-AOC） was no differences between the genotypes on the fasting 1 st, 3rd, and 6th （P 〉 0.05）, but the values were linear greater with fasting days for yak, however, it was inverse for indigenous cattle or cattle-yak; plasma xanthine oxidase （XOD） activities of indigenous cattle were less than yak＇s and cattleyak＇s on the fasting 1st and 3rd day （P 〈 0.05）, but the value of indigenous cattle was greater than yak＇s and cattleyak＇s on the fasting 6th day （P 〈 0.05）. In a conclusion, plasma antioxidant capacities indicated that yaks have evolved an ability to survive in a starvation than indigenous cattle, and their crossbred-cattleyak also has inherited some of the adaptive characteristics.
作者简介
Corresponding author： R. J. Long, Ph.D., professor, research fields： ruminant nutrition, agricultural management system. E-mail： longrj@lzu.edu.cn.
