Open AccessAscorbic Acid a Universal Supplement that Mitigates Road Transportation Stress in Ruminants: A Review
Author(s) -
K. T. Biobaku,
Akeem Olayiwola Ahmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
agricultural reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-0741
pISSN - 0253-1496
DOI - 10.18805/ag.r-143
Subject(s) - ascorbic acid , livestock , animal welfare , microbiology and biotechnology , credence , medicine , veterinary medicine , food science , biology , mathematics , ecology , statistics
This write up is aimed at proffering solution to the problem of transportation stress in ruminants in the tropics. Ascorbic acid is safe as buttressed in this write up for the improvement of meat quality in short and long terms road transportation stress.This review cover an aspect of animal physiology of stress, veterinary pharmacological aspects of ascorbic acid, how ascorbic acid improved meat product of animals exposed to long transportation stress. Ascorbic acid had no withdrawal period and was scientifically proven to be advantageous to meat characteristics and animal welfare. This was given credence to by its advantages as an anti-oxidative agent in solving the menace of road transportation to veterinarians, animal scientists and other professionals in the livestock industry.