PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF RUMEN FLUID OF CONFINED SHEEP SUBMITTED TO INCREASING LEVELS OF SUPPLEMENTATION

Authors

  • Naida Cristina Borges UFG
  • Geisa Fleury Orsine
  • Luiz Antônio F. da Silva
  • Karollina Moraes Bernardes
  • Márcio Eduardo P. Martins
  • Maria Clorinda S. Fioravanti

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i3.1716

Keywords:

Aninal nutrition

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate rumen microbiota of four adult male sheep, castrated with rumen cannula, alloted in a randomized split-plot block design. The animals were fed Brachiaria decumbens hay based diet, with increasing levels (0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 g/kg BW) of supplement with maize, soybean meal, urea and mineral mixture. The rumen fluid samples were collected from animals during fasting and at 2, 4 and 6h after feed, and analyzed immediately after the collection, for the parameters pH, methylene-blue reduction, cellulose digestion, activity and tally of ciliate protozoa (cel/mL). The pH values lower and higher than 7.0 were found during fasting (0h) and 2h after feed, respectively. The population of ciliated protozoa and its activity were higherat the highest supplementation level (P<0.05). At 0.5 g/kg BW level of supplementation, the population of protozoa decreased with the increase of pH, and greater number of protozoa /mL in rumen fluid was observed during fasting. Cellulose digestion and methylene-blue reduction were not affected by the treatments or after-feed hours (P<0.05). It was concluded that, during fasting, the increasing levels of supplementation affected positively the population of ciliated protozoa in the rumen but did not influence the bacterial activity.
KEYWORDS: feeding; sheep; infusorians; pH; rumen.

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Published

2011-09-29

How to Cite

BORGES, N. C.; ORSINE, G. F.; SILVA, L. A. F. da; BERNARDES, K. M.; MARTINS, M. E. P.; FIORAVANTI, M. C. S. PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF RUMEN FLUID OF CONFINED SHEEP SUBMITTED TO INCREASING LEVELS OF SUPPLEMENTATION. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 3, p. 392–399, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i3.1716. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1716. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 3 (2011)

Section

Animal Production

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