Effects of transport stress on pathological injury and expression of main heat shock proteins in the caprine stomach

BMC Veterinary Research

Tian Ye¹  Wenya Zheng¹  Yanzhen Yang¹  Wei Hu¹  Ben Liu² 

[1]College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, 336000, Yichun, Jiangxi, China

[2]College of Life Science and Resources and Environment, Yichun University, 336000, Yichun, Jiangxi, China

[3]Jiangxi Lvke Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Technology co. LTD, 336000, Yichun, Jiangxi, China

[4]Engineering Technology Research Center of Jiangxi Universities and Colleges for Selenium Agriculture, 336000, Yichun, Jiangxi, China

关键词: Goat;    Pathological injury;    Heat shock proteins;    Stomach;    Transport stress;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12917-020-02569-z

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTransportation is necessary to introduce new breeds of goats to the farm and move the adult meat goat from the farm to the slaughterhouse. However, these actions may give rise to transport stress. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are playing some important regulate roles during transport stress. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of transport stress on the pathological injury and HSPs expression in the stomach of goats. A total of three batches of Ganxi goats from western Jiangxi province were enrolled in this study. For each batch, twelve healthy adult male goats were randomly divided into three groups (four goats per batch and per group): Control group, stress group transported during 2 h and stress group transported during 6 h.ResultsOur results showed that the different degrees of stomach walls damage, with the change of expression levels of heat shock protein 27 (HSP27), heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) and heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), occurred after goats transportation. In rumen, the mRNA and protein expressions of HSP27 and HSP70 were increased after transport stress, but not HSP90. In reticulum, all three HSPs mRNA and protein levels were upregulated after 2 h transport, but decreased after 6 h transport. In omasum, HSP27 and HSP70 mRNA and protein were increased after transport stress, however, HSP90 mRNA level only had a slightly enhancement after transport stress. In abomasum, HSP70 and HSP90 mRNA and protein levels were increased after transport stress, but HSP27 was decreased after transport stress.ConclusionsTaken together, these results revealed that the pathological changes in the gastric tissues and the stomach HSPs expression in goats are related to transport stress and duration. Moreover, this study also provides some new data to advocate reducing transport stress of goats and improving animal welfare.

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