Effects of Lemuru Fish Oil (Sardinella Sp.) on Estrous
Response, Hormonal Profile and Conception Rates in Garut Ewes
Aeni Nurlatifah1,3, Herdis Herdis1*, Jean-Baptiste
Menassol2, Lilis Khotijah3, Raden Iis
Arifiantini4, Mashitah ShikhMaidin5, Dewi Apri
Astuti3 and
Pradita Iustitia Sitaresmi1
1Research
Center for Animal Husbandry, National Research and Innovation
Agency, Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor, 16915, Indonesia; 2SELMET,
Institut Agro Montpellier, CIRAD, INRAE, Univ Montpellier, F-34000
Montpellier, France;
3Department
of Nutrition and Feed Technology, Faculty of Animal Science,
IPB University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia; 4Department
of Veterinary Clinics, Reproduction and Pathology, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, IPB University, Bogor, 16680, Indonesia;
5Institute
of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security (ITAFos), Universiti Putra
Malaysia, 43400, Malaysia
*Corresponding author:
herd001@brin.go.id
Abstract
The aim of this study
was to determine the effects of short-term feed supplementation of Lemuru fish
oil on the reproductive performance of 20 primiparous Garut ewes. For this
purpose, the effects of four diets were compared: a control diet (C) and three
diets with various oil supplements. These diets were: 6% palm oil (P1), 3% palm
oil with 3% Lemuru fish oil (P2), and 6% Lemuru fish oil (P3). Experimental ewes
were subjected to estrous synchronization using two injections of PGF2α 11 days
apart. The hormonal profiles and blood metabolites were monitored for animals of
each group. Estrous expression was observed at mating, and embryo counts were
recorded individually using trans-rectal ultrasonography 20 days after mating.
Results showed that plasma concentrations of cholesterol were significantly
(P<0.05) higher for P2 and P3 (44.90±10.51and 49.81±14.37 mg/dL,
respectively) than control and P1 groups. Similarly, blood estradiol
concentrations were significantly higher for P3 than P1 and P2 groups before
estrus, while during estrus P3 had higher blood estradiol than control group
(P<0.05). All treatment diets significantly enhanced the onset of estrus in
comparison with control animals (P<0.05), while receptivity was higher for P3 (21.80±2.86 times) than for control group (P<0.05). The proportion
of ewes pregnant after the first estrus was the highest for P3 (100%) compared
to all other diets. However, there was no effect of diets on the number of
embryos. In conclusion, feed supplementation of Lemuru fish oil improves
reproductive performance of ewes following natural mating by stimulating onset
of estrus and increasing pregnancy rates, making Lemuru oil an attractive feed
supplement.
To Cite This Article:
Nurlatifah A, Herdis H, Menassol JB, Khotijah L, Arifiantini RI, Maidin
MS, Astuti DA and Sitaresmi PI, 2024.
Effects of Lemuru fish oil (Sardinella sp.) on estrous response, hormonal
profile and conception rates in garut ewes. Pak Vet J, 44(3): 739-744.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.113