Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

The Combinations of Sulfur and Molybdenum Fertilization Improved Antioxidant Capacity in Grazing Nanjiang Brown Goat

  • Published:
Biological Trace Element Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

To assess the impacts of sulfur (S) and molybdenum (Mo) fertilization on antioxidant capacity of grazing Nanjiang brown goat in copper (Cu)–polluted meadow, and explore the control methods of Cu pollution in natural pasture, fertilizer treatments and grazing experiments were carried out in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of the Western Sichuan Plateau, Sichuan Province, Southwest China. 24 hm2 Cu-polluted meadows were fenced and randomly divided into four groups (3 replications/group, 2 hm2/replication): (1) control group, no fertilizer; (2) treatment groups, applied 1 kg Mo+40 kg S, 2 kg Mo+80 kg S, and 3 kg Mo+120 kg S per hectare for group I, group II, and group III, respectively. Seventy-two healthy Nanjiang brown goats (1 year old, 30.9 ± 1.1 kg) were randomly divided into 4 groups (3 replications/group, 6 goats/replication) and assigned to the tested pastures. The grazing experiment lasted for 60 days. The results showed that the contents of N, S, Mn, Zn, and Mo in herbage in fertilized pastures were higher than those in control group (P < 0.01). The contents of Cu and Se in herbage in fertilized pastures were lower than those in control group (P < 0.01). There were no differences among the fertilized pastures (P > 0.05). The contents of Mn, Zn, Mo, and S in serum and liver in the treatment goats were higher than those in control animals (P < 0.01). The contents of Cu and Se in serum and liver in the treatment goats were lower than those in control animals (P < 0.01). There was no difference in Fe and Co contents in herbage, serum, and liver among the four groups (P > 0.05). The levels of Hb, RBC, and PCV in blood in the treatment goats and the activities of SOD, GSH-Px, T-AOC, CAT, and Cp in serum were higher than those in control goats (P < 0.01). The contents of MDA in the treatment goats were lower than those in control animals (P < 0.01). The contents of serum Cu and Mo, and liver Cu in group III were lower than those in group I and group II (P < 0.01). Taken together, the combinations of S and Mo fertilization did not influence the mineral contents in herbage, serum, and liver, but reduced the toxicity of Cu in Cu-polluted grassland and improved antioxidant capacity in grazing Nanjiang brown goat from fertilized pastures.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

Data Availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

References

  1. Gao JQ, Yu Y, Wang DH, Liu LJ (2019) The content and distribution characteristics of heavy metals in root soils in the Jiajika Lithium Resource Area, Western Sichuan Province. Rock Miner Analysis 38(6):381–392

    Google Scholar 

  2. Liu J (2010) Heavy metal contamination of soils and bioaccumulation by dominant plants in copper mines in Western Sichuan. Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan

    Google Scholar 

  3. Du J, Wang ZK, Liu J, Zhong SQ, Wei CF (2020) Distribution characteristics of soil heavy metals, their source identification and their changes influenced by anthropogenic cultivation activities in Purple Hilly Regions of Sichuan Basin, China. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 20(3):1080–1091

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Zhao XG, Li ZL, Wang DL, Li J, Zou B, Tao Y, Lei LM, Qiao FY, Huang J (2019) Assessment of residents’ total environmental exposure to heavy metals in China. Sci Report 9(1):10386

    Google Scholar 

  5. Wu P, Jiang LY, He Z, Song Y (2017) Treatment of metallurgical industry wastewater for organic contaminant removal in China: status, challenges, and perspectives. Environ Science-water Res Technol 3(6):1017–1031

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Gall JE, Boyd RS, Rajakaruna N (2015) Transfer of heavy metals through terrestrial food webs: a review. Environ Monit Assess 187(4):1–21

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Singh UK, Kumar B (2017) Pathways of heavy metals contamination and associated human health risk in Ajay River Basin, India. Chemosphere 174:183–199

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Li HX, Ji HB, Shi CJ, Gao Y, Zhang Y, Xu XY, Ding HJ, Tang L, Xing YX (2017) Distribution of heavy metals and metalloids in bulk and particle size fractions of soils from coalmine brownfield and implications on human health. Chemosphere 172:505–515

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Tan YQ (2017) Effect of wattle on production performance and reproductive performance of Nanjiang yellow goat. Sichuan Agricultural University, Yaan

    Google Scholar 

  10. Guo JZ, Li PF, Liu S, Miao B, Zeng B, Jiang YH, Li L, Wang LJ, Chen Y, Zhang HP (2020) Characterization of the rumen microbiota and volatile fatty acid profiles of weaned goat kids under shrub-grassland grazing and indoor feeding. Animals 10(2):176

    Article  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  11. Shen XY, Chi YK, Xiong KN (2019) The effect of heavy metal contamination on humans and animals in the vicinity of a zinc smelting facility. PLoS One 14(10):e0207423

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  12. MQZ E, Xiong CR, Zhang L, Fan JS, Luo JR, Wang TJ (2018) Current situation and development countermeasures of mutton sheep industry in Liangshan Prefecture. Sichuan Anim Veter Sci 336(8):11–15

    Google Scholar 

  13. Huo B, Wu T, Chi YK, Ming XY, Shen XY (2019) Effects of molybdenum fertilizer application on copper metabolism of Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep in copper polluted grassland. J Dom Anim Ecol 40(7):44–49

    Google Scholar 

  14. Zhou SH, Zhang CY, Xiao QY, Zhuang Y, Gu XL, Yang F, Xing CH, Hu GL, Cao HB (2016) Effects of different levels of molybdenum on rumen microbiota and trace elements changes in tissues from goats. Biol Trace Elem Res 174(1):85–92

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Yuan R (2012) Effect of fertilizer treatment to copper pollution meadow on copper metabolism in Guizhou semi-fine wool sheep. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou

    Google Scholar 

  16. Lee MT, Lin WC, Yu B, Lee TT (2017) Antioxidant capacity of phytochemicals and their potential effects on oxidative status in animals-a review. Asian-Australas J Anim Sci 30(3):299–308

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Chen DC, Ning FY, Zhang JY, Tang Y, Teng XH (2020) NF-κB pathway took part in the development of apoptosis mediated by miR-15a and oxidative stress via mitochondrial pathway in ammonia-treated chicken splenic lymphocytes. Sci Total Environ 729:139017

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  18. Shah SWA, Chen DC, Zhang JY, Liu YL, Ishfaq M, Tang Y, Teng XH (2020) The effect of ammonia exposure on energy metabolism and mitochondrial dynamic proteins in chicken thymus: through oxidative stress, apoptosis, and autophagy. Ecotox Environ Safe 206:111413

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Chen JQ, Xu YM, Han Q, Yao YC, Xing HJ, Teng XH (2019) Immunosuppression, oxidative stress, and glycometabolism disorder caused by cadmium in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.): application of transcriptome analysis in risk assessment of environmental contaminant cadmium. J Hazard Mater 366:386–394

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Jiao H, Xu J, Xing T (2019) Impaired immune function and structural integrity in the gills of common carp (Cyprinuscarpio L.) caused by Chlorpyrifos exposure: through oxidative stress and apoptosis. Fish Shellfish Immun 86:239–245

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  21. Whetter PA, Uiirey DE (1978) Improved fluorometric method for determining selenium. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 61:927

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. Shen XY (2009) Effect of nitrogenous fertilizer treatment on mineral metabolism in grazing yaks. Agric Sci China 8(3):361–368

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. Shen XY, Du GZ, Li H (2006) Studies of a naturally occurring molybdenum induced copper deficiency in the yak. Vet J 171(2):352–357

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  24. GB 15618-2018, Soil environmental quality risk control standard of soil contamination of agricultural land (Trial).Beijing: Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People’s Republic of China

  25. Soetan KO, Olaiya CO, Oyewole OA (2020) The importance of mineral elements for humans, domestic animals and plants - a review. Afr J Food Sci 4(5):200–222

    Google Scholar 

  26. Reis LSLS, Pe P, Camargos AS, Oba E (2010) Mineral element and heavy metal poisoning in animals. J Med Med Sci 1(12):560–579

    Google Scholar 

  27. Kan XQ, Dong YQ, Feng L, Zhou M, Hou HB (2021) Contamination and health risk assessment of heavy metals in China's lead-zinc mine tailings: a meta-analysis. Chemosphere 267:128909

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  28. Khan ZI, Ahmad K, Ashraf I, Khan A, Fardous A, Sher M, Akram NA, Ashraf M, Hayat Z, Laudadio V, Tufarelli V, Hussain A, Arshad F, Cazzato E (2016) Appraisal of trace metal elements in soil, forage and animal continuum: a case study on pasture irrigated with sewage water. Philipp Agr Sci 99(1):80–87

    Google Scholar 

  29. Russel JR, Bisinger JJ (2015) Forages and pastures symposium: improving soil health and productivity on grasslands using managed grazing of livestock. J Anim Sci 93(6):2626–2640

    Article  Google Scholar 

  30. Shen XY, Jiang ZG (2008) Changes of trace elements in forage grass of the first meander of the Yellow River. Chinese J Grassl 30(4):118–120

    Google Scholar 

  31. Shen XY, Jiang HM, Yuan R, Jia ZH (2012) Effects of grassland fertilization on forage and grazing of Guizhou semi-fine wool sheep. Acta Pratacul Sin 21(3):275–280

    Google Scholar 

  32. Rechcigl JE (1991) Sulphur fertilization improves bahiagrass pasture. Better Crops Plant Food 75:22–24

    Google Scholar 

  33. Liu J (1991) Agrochemistry of trace elements. Beijing, Agricultural Press:194–232

  34. Kaiser BN, Gridley KL, Brady JN, Phillips T, Tyerman SD (2006) The role of molybdenum in agricultural plant production. Annals Botany 96(5):745–754

    Article  Google Scholar 

  35. Mao XT, Li QF, Ren LF, Bai WM, Zhang WH (2018) Application of molybdenum fertilizer enhanced quality and production of alfalfa in northern China under non-irrigated conditions. J Plant Nutr 41(8):1009–1019

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  36. Shen XY, Du GZ, Chen YM, Fan BL (2006) Copper deficiency in yaks on pasture in western China. Canadian Veter J 47(9):902–906

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  37. Theil EC, Calvert KT (1978) The effect of copper excess on iron metabolism in sheep. Biochem J 170(1):137–143

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  38. Chi YK, Zhang ZZ, Song CJ, Xiong KN, Shen XY (2020) Effects of fertilization on physiological and biochemical parameters of Wumeng sheep in China’s Wumeng Prairie. Pol J Environ Stud 29(1):79–85

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  39. Alonso ML, Montana FP, Miranda M, Castillo C, Hernandez J, Benedito JL (2004) Interactions between toxic (As, Cd, Hg and Pb) and nutritional essential (Ca, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, Ni, Se, Zn) elements in the tissues of cattle from NW Spain. BioMetals 17(4):389–397

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  40. Shen XY, Min XY, Zhang SH, Song CJ, Xiong KN (2020) Effect of heavy metal contamination in environment on antioxidant function in Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep in the southwest China. Biol Trace Elem Res 198(2):505–514

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  41. Chen JQ, Chen DC, Li JX, Liu YL, Gu XH, Teng XH (2021) Cadmium-induced oxidative stress and immunosuppression mediated mitochondrial apoptosis via JNK-FoxO3a-PUMA pathway in common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) gills. Aquat Toxicol 233:105775

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  42. Nishito Y, Kambe T (2018) Absorption mechanisms of iron, copper, and zinc: an overview. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol 6(1):1–7

    Article  Google Scholar 

  43. Song CJ, Gan SQ, He J, Shen XY (2021) Effects of nano-zinc on immune function in Qianbei-pockmarked goats. Biol Trace Elem Res 199(2):578–584

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  44. Wu T, Song ML, Shen XY (2020) Seasonal dynamics of copper deficiency in Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep. Biol Trace Elem Res 197(2):487–494

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  45. Shen XY, Song CJ, Wu T(2020) Effects of nano-copper on antioxidant function in copper-deprived Guizhou black goats. Biol Trace Elem Res https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02342-1

  46. Li YF, He J, Shen XY(2020) Effects of nano-selenium poisoning on immune function in the Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep. Biol Trace Elem Res 10.1007/s12011-020-02408-0

  47. Huo B, Wu T, Song CJ, Shen XY (2019) Studies of selenium deficiency in the Wumeng semi-fine wool sheep. Biol Trace Elem Res 194(1):152–158

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  48. Lv AJ, Yang ZB, Yang WR, Jiang SZ, Zhang GG, Zhan ZF (2005) Effects of different dietary levels of copper and molybdenum on the activity of serum ceruloplasmin and plasma sod in small-fat-tail sheep. Chinese J Anim Sci 17(1):61–64

    Google Scholar 

  49. Wang YC, Jiang L, Li YF, Luo XY, He J (2016) Effect of different selenium supplementation levels on oxidative stress, cytokines, and immunotoxicity in chicken thymus. Biol Trace Elem Res 172:488–495

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  50. Roman M, Jitaru P, Batbante C (2014) Selenium biochemistry and its role for human health. Metallomics 6(1):25–54

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  51. Herena YH, Naghum A, Marla JB, Lucia AS (2019) From selenium absorption to selenoprotein degradation. Biol Trace Elem Res 192(1):26–37

    Article  Google Scholar 

  52. Zhao K, Chi YK, Shen XY (2020) Studies on edema pathema in Hequ horse in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Biol Trace Elem Res 198(1):142–148

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  53. Huma N, Sajid A, Khalid A, Wardah H, Moazama B, Shakeela P, Sadia M, Sajida M (2019) Toxic effect of insecticides mixtures on antioxidant enzymes in different organs of fish, Labeo rohita. Pak J Zool 51:1355–1361

    Google Scholar 

  54. Iqra B, Moolachand M, Pershotam K, Saeed AS, Hira S (2019) Effect of dietary selenium yeast supplementation on morphology and antioxidant status in tests of young goat. Pak J Zool 51:979–988

    Google Scholar 

  55. Kananfchian M, Esmaeilzadeh S, Mahjoub S (2020) Status of serum copper, magnesium, and total antioxidant capacity in patients with polycystic ovary yndrome. Biol Trace Elem Res 193:111–117

    Article  Google Scholar 

  56. Chen M, Mahfuz S, Cui Y, Jia LY, Liu ZJ, Song H (2019) The antioxidant status of serum and egg yolk in layer fed with mushroom stembase (Flammulina velutipes). Pak J Zool 52:389–392

    Article  Google Scholar 

  57. Zhao K, Huo B, Shen XY (2020) Studies on antioxidant capacity in selenium-deprived the Choko yak in the Shouqu prairie. Biol Trace Elem Res. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-020-02461-9

  58. Zeng T, Li JJ, Wang DQ (2014) Effects of heat stress on antioxidant defense system, inflammatory injury, and heat shock proteins of Muscovy and Pekin ducks: evidence for differential thermal sensitivities. Cell Stress Chaperones 19(6):895–901

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  59. Georgieva NV, Stoyanchev K, Bozakova N (2011) Combined effects of muscular dystrophy, ecological stress, and selenium on blood antioxidant status in broiler chickens. Biol Trace Elem Res 142(3):532–545

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

This work was supported by the Project of Key R&D projects of Sichuan Science and Technology Department in China (2018NZ0046).

Author information

Author notes

  1. Yuanfeng Li and Jian He contributed equally to this study and are co-first authors.

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Yuanfeng Li, Jian He & Yachao Wang

  2. Swine Research Institute, Tie Qi Li Shi Group Co., Mianyang, 621006, China

    Yuanfeng Li

  3. Nanjiang Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, Bazhong, 636600, China

    Lan Luo

Authors
  1. Yuanfeng Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Jian He
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Lan Luo
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yachao Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Yachao Wang.

Ethics declarations

The protocol for the present experiment was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Southwest University of Science and Technology.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no competing interests.

Additional information

Publisher’s Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Li, Y., He, J., Luo, L. et al. The Combinations of Sulfur and Molybdenum Fertilization Improved Antioxidant Capacity in Grazing Nanjiang Brown Goat. Biol Trace Elem Res 200, 600–608 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02702-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-021-02702-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation