高谷物日粮对山羊小肠发酵、肠道结构和微生物菌群数量的影响研究

本试验旨在研究高谷物日粮对山羊小肠微生物发酵、上皮组织形态及微生物菌群数量的影响。采用随机区组实验设计,将12头山羊随机分为两组,即全干草组(只饲喂粗饲料)和高谷物组(75%精料和25%粗饲料混合饲喂),每组6头,试验期为6周,试验结束后屠宰取小肠内容物及组织样品用于相关分析。结果表明,1)与干草组相比,饲喂高谷物日粮显著提高了空肠内容物中总挥发性脂肪酸(P=0.015)、丙酸(P=0.008)、丁酸(P=0.004)、异丁酸浓度(P=0.035),降低了乳酸浓度(P=0.008),但对pH值、乙酸、戊酸、异戊酸浓度及LPS含量无显著性影响(P>0.05)。与干草组相比,饲喂高谷物日粮显著提高了回肠内容物的总挥发性脂肪酸(P=0.007)、丙酸(P=0.013)、丁酸(P=0.008)、戊酸(P<0.001)、乳酸浓度(P=0.008)以及脂多糖含量(P<0.001),降低了pH值(P=0.005),但对乙酸、异丁酸和异戊酸浓度无显著影响(P>0.05);2)与干草组相比,高谷物日粮组山羊的十二指肠、空肠和回肠的绒毛高度和隐窝深度均显著升高(P<0.001);空肠绒毛高度与隐窝深度的比值显著降低(P=0.024);电镜结果表明,高谷物组空肠和回肠紧密连接受到破坏;3)与干草组相比,高谷物日粮组山羊回肠黏膜中碱性磷酸酶活性显著提高(P<0.05),但对空肠黏膜中碱性磷酸酶活性无显著影响(P>0.05);4)Real-time PCR定量分析表明,与干草对照组相比,高谷物日粮山羊回肠拟杆菌门16S rRNA基因拷贝数显著降低(P=0.037),厚壁菌门与拟杆菌门细菌数量比值显著升高(P<0.001),但对厚壁菌门细菌基因拷贝数无显著影响(P>0.05);空肠中拟杆菌门基因拷贝数、厚壁菌门基因拷贝数以及厚壁菌门与拟杆菌门细菌数量比值无显著变化(P>0.05)。结果说明,饲喂高谷物日粮对回肠上皮组织形态及回肠微生物发酵具有显著影响,对其健康可能有不利影响。     

高精料对泌乳奶山羊瘤胃上皮氧化应激和胆固醇代谢的影响

为了研究长期或短期饲喂高精料日粮对泌乳期奶山羊瘤胃上皮组织氧化应激和胆固醇代谢的影响,实验选用17只健康的经产泌乳中期关中奶山羊,随机分为3组:饲喂低精料组(对照组,LC,n=5);长期饲喂高精料组(HL, n=7),19周饲喂期;短期饲喂高精料组(HS,n=5),4周饲喂期。实验结束后采集瘤胃组织,用PBS反复清洗,于液氮中速冻后置于-80 ℃冰箱保存。结果显示,与对照组相比,HL和HS组山羊瘤胃上皮组织中细胞周期相关基因CDK2和CDK4 mRNA表达水平显著升高(P<0.05),且HS组p-ERK1/2蛋白表达显著升高(P<0.05),但GPR41和GPR43蛋白表达无显著变化(P>0.05);HL和HS组山羊瘤胃上皮组织促细胞凋亡基因Casepase9 mRNA表达显著升高(P<0.05),HS组抗凋亡Bcl-2/Bax mRNA表达比例呈下降趋势(0.050.05);HS组瘤胃上皮组织中胆固醇含量下降达显著水平(P<0.05),且HL组呈下降趋势(0.05+ ATPase mRNA表达显著升高(P<0.05),NHE2蛋白表达升高但未达显著差异水平(P>0.05)。与HL组相比,HS组山羊瘤胃上皮组织中总抗氧化能力T-AOC显著升高(P<0.05);且胆固醇含量显著下降(P<0.05)。以上结果说明,短期饲喂高精料日粮可加快泌乳期奶山羊瘤胃上皮组织的更新,提高组织总抗氧化能力;而长期饲喂高精料日粮未引起细胞增殖相关蛋白和总抗氧化能力的显著变化;饲喂高精料日粮可以加快瘤胃上皮组织对VFA的转运。此外,饲喂高精料日粮引起瘤胃上皮组织内胆固醇含量降低,胆固醇酰基转移酶基因表达的显著上调,提示其对瘤胃上皮组织更新的潜在影响。     

高精料日粮对山羊瘤胃和盲肠发酵及生物胺生成与吸收的影响研究

本实验旨在探究饲喂高精料日粮对山羊瘤胃和盲肠发酵、生物胺生成与吸收的影响研究。试验选用6头装有永久性瘤胃瘘管的雄性波杂山羊,随机分成低精料组与高精料组,实验期24 d。结果显示,与低精料组相比,饲喂高精料日粮的山羊瘤胃液中总挥发性脂肪酸、乙酸、丙酸、丁酸、戊酸、总支链脂肪酸、酪胺、腐胺、组胺、甲胺和色胺浓度显著性增加(P<0.05),而瘤胃pH和乙丙比显著降低(P<0.05);饲喂高精料日粮的山羊盲肠内容物中的乙酸、丙酸、总挥发性脂肪酸浓度和上述5种生物胺浓度显著增加(P<0.05);同时,瘤胃和盲肠静脉血中的上述5种生物胺的浓度显著提高(P<0.05)。相关性分析结果表明,瘤胃液中酪胺、腐胺、甲胺和色胺浓度与瘤胃静脉血所对应的生物胺浓度呈显著正相关(P<0.05),且盲肠内容物中酪胺、腐胺、甲胺和色胺与盲肠静脉血中对应的生物胺的浓度呈显著正相关(P<0.05)。结果说明,饲喂高精料日粮促进了山羊瘤胃和盲肠发酵,提高了瘤胃与盲肠内容物中生物胺浓度,暗示高精料日粮可能提高消化道上皮的通透性,促进消化道上皮对生物胺的吸收。     

谷氨酰胺对饲喂高精料的奶山羊瘤胃上皮的保护效应研究

本研究旨在探讨过瘤胃谷氨酰胺对饲喂高精料的奶山羊瘤胃上皮屏障的保护效应。实验采用随机区组设计,将12头健康奶山羊随机分为高精料组(n=6)和高精料添加谷氨酰胺组(n=6),谷氨酰胺添加量为50 g/(d·头)。谷氨酰胺处理4周后,每组各选取4头山羊进行屠宰。HE染色、扫描和透射电镜法观察瘤胃上皮的组织形态学变化,实时荧光定量 PCR 法检测瘤胃上皮炎症因子及紧密连接蛋白mRNA的相对表达水平。结果表明,与对照组相比,添加谷氨酰胺显著降低了瘤胃液中丙酸浓度(P<0.01),有降低瘤胃乳酸、提高丁酸浓度的趋势,但对瘤胃液pH、乙酸、异丁酸、总挥发性脂肪酸浓度无显著影响(P>0.05);对组织形态的观察结果表明,添加过瘤胃谷氨酰胺可维持瘤胃复层扁平上皮各细胞层的完整性,保护角质层,减少细胞凋亡;并显著降低瘤胃上皮组织中TNF-α的mRNA相对表达量(P<0.05),显著提高occludin的mRNA相对表达量(P<0.05);但对IFN-γ、IL-1β、IL-6、IL-10、claudin-1、claudin-4和ZO-1 mRNA表达量无显著影响(P>0.05)。结果说明,高精料日粮下添加过瘤胃谷氨酰胺可降低瘤胃上皮的炎症反应,改善上皮紧密连接,从而维护瘤胃上皮屏障的正常功能。     

热应激对奶山羊瘤胃发酵指标的影响及有机铬对其的调控作用

本试验旨在研究热应激对奶山羊瘤胃内pH、氨态氮(NH3-N)和挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)浓度的影响,以及添加吡啶羧酸铬对其的调控作用。选用体重相近[(20.75±1.88)kg]的波尔山羊4只,采用自身对照,分3期试验,分别为对照组、热应激组和加铬组:对照组山羊在空调房中饲喂,温湿指数(THI)在70以下,处于非热应激状态;热应激组和加铬组山羊在室温动物房中饲喂,2组THI无显著差异(P>0.05),达79以上,处在相似的热应激状态。加铬组饲粮为基础饲粮中添加吡啶羧酸铬(铬含量为0.2 mg/kg饲粮)。每期试验14 d,在试验的第13天采集瘤胃液,测定pH、NH3-N和VFA浓度。结果表明:热应激可以显著降低奶山羊瘤胃内pH(P<0.05),显著提高瘤胃内NH3-N、总挥发性脂肪酸(TVFA)、乙酸、丙酸浓度(P<0.05),显著降低乙酸/丙酸(P<0.05)。饲粮中添加吡啶羧酸铬后可以显著提高热应激奶山羊瘤胃乙酸、丁酸浓度和乙酸/丙酸(P<0.05),显著降低瘤胃丙酸浓度(P<0.05),对瘤胃pH、NH3-N浓度影响不显著(P>0.05)。由此可见,热应激使瘤胃pH显著降低,显著增加了VFA浓度,改变了瘤胃发酵模式;饲粮添加吡啶羧酸铬可调节瘤胃VFA浓度,对热应激造成的影响有一定的调节作用。     

高精料日粮下添加阿卡波糖对奶牛瘤胃及后肠发酵的影响研究

本试验旨在探讨高精料日粮下添加阿卡波糖对奶牛瘤胃和后肠发酵的影响。试验选用3头干奶期荷斯坦奶牛,采用3×3拉丁方试验设计,阿卡波糖添加剂量为0,0.5和1.0 g/d,试验分3期进行,每期21 d。结果表明,与对照组比较,添加阿卡波糖显著降低了奶牛瘤胃液中丙酸浓度(P<0.05),提高了乙丙比(P<0.05),但对瘤胃pH值、乳酸、乙酸、异丁酸、丁酸、异戊酸、戊酸、总挥发性脂肪酸和氨氮浓度无显著影响(P>0.05);与对照组比较,添加阿卡波糖显著降低了粪便pH值和氨氮浓度(P<0.05),提高了乳酸、丁酸和异戊酸浓度(P<0.05),但对乙酸、丙酸、异丁酸、戊酸、总挥发性脂肪酸和乙丙比无显著影响(P>0.05)。结果说明,高精料日粮下长期添加阿卡波糖虽可影响瘤胃液中个别挥发性脂肪酸的浓度,但对瘤胃整体发酵和瘤胃pH值无显著影响,此外,添加阿卡波糖可增加后肠发酵,并可能对后肠健康带来潜在危害。     

长期高谷物饲喂对山羊瘤胃酸中毒发生的影响

本试验旨在研究长期饲喂高谷物日粮对山羊瘤胃内环境,静脉血中内毒素浓度及亚急性瘤胃酸中毒发生的影响。选用10头装有永久性瘤胃瘘管的去势公山羊,随机分为饲喂全粗料的对照组(Hay;0%谷物;n=5)和饲喂高谷物的处理组(HG;65%谷物;n=5),连续饲喂7周。每周晨饲后的0、2、3、4、6、8和12h连续采集瘤胃腹囊部瘤胃液监测瘤胃pH的变化,收集其中第0、3、6和12h的瘤胃液待测挥发性脂肪酸,收集其中第6h的瘤胃液待测脂多糖。采集晨饲后6h的颈静脉血待测外周血液中脂多糖浓度。瘤胃pH变化结果显示,在第1、2、3、6和7周,晨饲后12h之内,HG组山羊瘤胃pH小于5.8的时间大于4h,可以初步推断在第1、2、3、6和7周,高谷物饲喂成功诱导亚急性瘤胃酸中毒的发生。在整个饲喂周期内,与对照组相比,高谷物饲喂显著降低了瘤胃pH、乙酸比例及乙丙比(P0.05),显著升高瘤胃内丙酸比例,丁酸比例及游离脂多糖的浓度(P0.05)。在整个饲喂周期内,在全粗料饲喂的所有山羊外周血液中都未检测到游离脂多糖。在试验的第1和2周,在高谷物饲喂山羊的外周血中也未检测到游离脂多糖,但从试验的第3周开始,在高谷物饲喂的部分山羊外周血液中检测到游离脂多糖,从第5周开始,在所有高谷物饲喂山羊的外周血中都检测到游离脂多糖。以上结果表明,该试验中的高谷物饲喂成功诱导亚急性瘤胃酸中毒的发生,同时在长期饲喂的过程中,亚急性瘤胃酸中毒的发病有一个发生、适应、继续发生的过程。     

断奶前补饲不同直/支链淀粉比开食料对羔羊瘤胃上皮发育的影响

为了研究断奶前补饲不同直/支链淀粉比开食料对羔羊瘤胃上皮发育的影响,选取24只体况良好、胎次一致、体重相近的10日龄羔羊(湖羊),将其随机分为3组,在饲喂相同母乳的基础上,分别补饲以纯木薯(CS)、玉米(MS)和豌豆淀粉(PS)(直/支链淀粉比分别约为0.11,0.27和0.44)为唯一淀粉来源的开食料。试验期间,每天4:00-19:00将羔羊抱入补饲栏补饲不同直/支链淀粉比的开食料,并且在6:30, 10:30和15:30将羔羊抱回母羊舍哺乳1 h。羔羊自由饮水,单栏饲喂,自由采食燕麦干草。56日龄时屠宰采样,采集瘤胃组织样品制作石蜡切片进行瘤胃乳头形态测定,采集瘤胃上皮样品提取RNA测定相关基因表达。结果表明:CS组羔羊瘤胃乳头长度和表面积显著(P<0.001)高于MS和PS组,CS和MS组羔羊瘤胃乳头宽度显著(P=0.001)高于PS组。对瘤胃上皮各层厚度统计显示,CS和PS组羔羊瘤胃上皮角质层厚度显著(P=0.001)高于MS组;CS和MS组羔羊瘤胃上皮颗粒层厚度显著高于(P<0.001)PS组;CS组羔羊瘤胃上皮棘基层厚度和总厚度显著(P<0.001)高于MS和PS组。qRT-PCR结果显示:不同直/支链淀粉比开食料显著影响羔羊瘤胃上皮CDK2和CDK6的mRNA表达量(CS>MS>PS, P<0.001);CS组羔羊瘤胃上皮细胞cyclin A和CDK4的mRNA表达量显著(P<0.05)高于PS组,但与MS组无显著差异;CS组羔羊瘤胃上皮cyclin D1的mRNA表达量显著(P=0.012)低于PS组,但与MS组无显著差异。CS组羔羊瘤胃上皮类胰岛素生长因子-1(insulin like growth factor,IGF-1)的mRNA表达量显著(P<0.001)高于MS和PS组,CS和MS组羔羊瘤胃上皮IGF-1R的mRNA表达量显著(P=0.001)高于PS组。上述结果表明:较高支链淀粉比开食料与较高直链淀粉比开食料相比,在瘤胃中较易降解生成挥发性脂肪酸,促进瘤胃上皮IGF-1及细胞周期蛋白mRNA的表达,进而有利于断奶前羔羊瘤胃上皮的发育。研究结果对制订羔羊营养方案具有重要指导意义。     

秸秆制粒对肉牛反刍、消化、瘤胃发酵及体增重的影响

本研究测定分析了秸秆制粒饲喂肉牛对其采食、反刍、养分表观消化率、瘤胃发酵和增重的影响,以丰富秸秆饲料化利用方式。试验选取30头18月龄左右、活重接近的西杂肉牛,随机分成3组(每组10头),分别饲喂粉碎玉米秸秆(对照组)、玉米秸秆颗粒饲料(试验Ⅰ组)及玉米秸秆精粗饲料颗粒(试验Ⅱ组)。结果表明,1)秸秆制粒饲喂肉牛,其采食、反刍、咀嚼时间均有所缩短,且每食团咀嚼时间显著少于对照组(P=0.004),而试验Ⅱ组采食时长显著低于对照组(P=0.032)。2)除试验Ⅰ组中性洗涤纤维的表观消化率显著低于对照组外(P<0.05),3组肉牛其他养分的表观消化率均无显著差异。3)秸秆粉碎制料后饲喂肉牛影响瘤胃发酵,与对照组比较,试验Ⅰ组瘤胃pH值及丁酸含量显著下降(P<0.05),而乙酸含量和乙酸/丙酸显著升高(P<0.05);试验Ⅱ组瘤胃液丁酸含量显著下降(P<0.05),乙酸/丙酸及NH₃-N含量显著升高(P<0.05)。4)秸秆粉碎制粒饲喂肉牛能显著增加日增重和饲料转化率(P<0.05),试验Ⅰ组及试验Ⅱ组日增重较对照组分别高出0.36和0.38 kg,饲料转化率(料重比)分别提高27.86%和29.09%。     

瘤胃源酵母的分离筛选及对不同底物发酵能力影响

本实验旨在分离筛选瘤胃源酵母,研究其对不同饲料底物的发酵特性。实验以山羊及奶牛瘤胃液为菌源,利用酵母选择性培养基,通过分离筛选、生长曲线测定和26S rDNA鉴定,获得1株生长速度较快的Meyerozyma属酵母菌株。在此基础上,采用体外发酵技术,分别以羊草与精料混合物、马铃薯淀粉和玉米淀粉为底物,以奶牛瘤胃液为接种物,研究该酵母菌株对瘤胃微生物体外发酵参数的影响。结果表明,在以羊草和精料混合物为底物时,添加瘤胃源酵母显著降低了发酵液pH和乳酸浓度(P<0.001),显著提高了丙酸浓度和干物质消失率(P<0.05);以玉米淀粉为底物时,添加该酵母菌显著降低了发酵液pH和乳酸浓度(P<0.001);以马铃薯淀粉为底物时,显著降低了pH(P<0.05),提高了丙酸浓度(P<0.05);但在上述3种底物条件下,添加酵母菌对发酵液中总产气量、氨态氮、乙酸、丁酸、异丁酸、戊酸和异戊酸浓度无显著影响(P>0.05)。采用Real-time PCR测定结果表明,添加该酵母菌可显著提高以羊草和马铃薯淀粉为底物时发酵液中总菌16S rDNA的挎贝数(P<0.05)。结果说明,本研究分离获取的瘤胃源酵母可提高瘤胃微生物对羊草精料混合物的降解能力,降低羊草精料混合物组和玉米淀粉组发酵液中乳酸浓度,提示该菌株可能具有提高日粮消化利用效率、促进丙酸生成和瘤胃细菌生长的作用。     

Effect of increasing ruminal butyrate absorption on splanchnic metabolism of volatile fatty acids absorbed from the washed reticulorumen of steers

Four steers fitted with a ruminal cannula and chronic indwelling catheters in the mesenteric artery, mesenteric vein, hepatic portal vein, hepatic vein, and the right ruminal vein were used to study the absorption and metabolism of VFA from bicarbonate buffers incubated in the temporarily emptied and washed reticulorumen. Portal and hepatic vein blood flows were determined by infusion of p-aminohippurate into the mesenteric vein, and portal VFA fluxes were calibrated by infusion of isovalerate into the ruminal vein. The steers were subjected to four experimental treatments in a Latin square design with four periods within 1 d. The treatments were Control (bicarbonate buffer) and VFA buffers containing 4, 12, or 36 mmol butyrate/kg of buffer, respectively. The acetate content of the buffers was decreased with increasing butyrate to balance the acidity. The butyrate absorption from the rumen was 39, 111, and 300 +/- 4 mmol/h for the three VFA buffers, respectively. The ruminal absorption rates of propionate (260 +/- 12 mmol/h), isobutyrate (11.4 +/- 0.7 mmol/h), and valerate (17.3 +/- 0.7 mmol/h) were not affected by VFA buffers. The portal recovery of butyrate and valerate absorbed from the rumen increased (P < 0.01) with increasing butyrate absorption and reached 52 to 54 +/- 4% with the greatest butyrate absorption. The liver responded to the increased butyrate absorption with a decreasing fractional extraction of propionate and butyrate, and with the greatest butyrate absorption, the splanchnic flux was 22 +/- 1% and 18 +/- 1% of the absorbed propionate and butyrate, respectively. The increased propionate and butyrate release to peripheral tissues was followed by increased (P < 0.05) arterial concentrations of propionate (0.08 +/- 0.01 mmol/kg) and butyrate (0.07 +/- 0.01 mmol/kg). Arterial insulin concentration increased (P = 0.01) with incubation of VFA buffers compared with Control and was numerically greatest with the greatest level of butyrate absorption. We conclude that the capacity to metabolize butyrate by the ruminal epithelium and liver is limited. If butyrate absorption exceeds the metabolic capacity, it affects rumen epithelial and hepatic nutrient metabolism and affects the nutrient supply of peripheral tissues.     

Interrelationships in the digestion of sheep given barley grain diets containing either fish meal, soya-bean meal or urea

Three sheep, each fitted with a ruminal cannula and duodenal re-entrant cannulae were given three isonitrogenous, isoenergetic diets in a Latin Square design. Each diet contained approximately 60% DM as barley grain and 40% of total N as either white fish meal, soya-bean meal or urea. These diets were fed continuously and supplied about 28 g N/day. Diets containing such large amounts of barley grain usually produce wide variations in the rumen volatile fatty acid (VFA) proportions and these have been correlated with various other digestive characteristics. Several ruminal and duodenal components were measured in this study and interrelationships between them sought. The molar proportions of VFA varied widely from 45-67% for acetate, 13-48% for propionate and 7-23% for butyrate. Rumen pH was positively correlated with acetate (P less than 0.01), but negatively so with propionate (P less than 0.01) and butyrate (P less than 0.1). The numbers of rumen ciliate protozoa also varied widely and were related to rumen pH (P less than 0.05) and VFA proportions; positively to acetate (P less than 0.001) and butyrate (P less than 0.01) but negatively to propionate (P less than 0.001). Duodenal N was always less than fed N. The mean composition of this duodenal N was 10.1% ammonia-N, 6.7% RNA-N, 79.0% amino acid-N and 7.3% was unaccounted for. Efficiencies of synthesis of microbial and bacterial crude protein (derived from 35S and 2,6-diaminopimelic acid data) ranged from 10.5 to 42.2 g microbial N per kg apparently digested organic matter (ADOM) and 5.0 to 27.9 g bacterial N per kg ADOM. Division of VFA patterns into either propionate or butyrate type fermentations suggested several further interrelationships. No relationship was established between these fermentation patterns and the extent or efficiency of microbial crude protein synthesis. Possible interrelationships between different digestive characteristics are discussed and a plea made for both more extensive and intensive experimentation before such designation of cause and effect can be assigned.     

体外法研究不同磷添加水平对奶牛瘤胃内pH 和挥发性脂肪酸的影响

采用体外法研究无机磷添加浓度对瘤胃发酵的影响。无机磷在培养液中设0、30、60、90、120、150、200、250、300、350 mg/L 10个水平。体外培养发酵48 h后终止培养,测定培养液的pH、总挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)。结果表明,不同无机磷添加水平对乙酸、丙酸、丁酸和总VFA产量影响显著(P＜0.05),无机磷添加水平为200 mg/L时,乙酸、丙酸、丁酸及总VFA产量最高,随后下降。瘤胃培养液pH随无机磷添加水平的增加而显著降低(P＜0.05),无机磷添加水平为200 mg/L时达到最小值5.65,随后又上升。在本试验条件下,添加无机磷明显促进瘤胃微生物对饲料养分的发酵,适宜添加水平为200 mg/L。     

Effects of volatile fatty acid supply on their absorption and on water kinetics in the rumen of sheep sustained by intragastric infusions

Three sheep fitted with a ruminal cannula and an abomasal catheter were used to study water kinetics and absorption of VFA infused continuously into the rumen. The effects of changing VFA concentrations in the rumen by shifting VFA infusion rates were investigated in an experiment with a 3 x 3 Latin square design. On experimental days, the animals received the basal infusion rate of VFA (271 mmol/h) during the first 2 h. Each animal then received VFA at a different rate (135, 394, or 511 mmol/h) for the next 7.5 h. Using soluble markers (polyethylene glycol and Cr-EDTA), ruminal volume, liquid outflow, apparent water absorption, and VFA absorption rates were estimated. There were no significant effects of VFA infusion rate on ruminal volume and water kinetics. As the VFA infusion rate was increased, VFA concentration and osmolality in the rumen were increased and pH was decreased. There was a biphasic response of liquid outflow to changes in the total VFA concentration in the rumen, as both variables increased together up to a total VFA concentration of 80.1 mM, whereas, beyond that concentration, liquid outflow remained stable at an average rate of 407 mL/h. There were significant linear (P = 0.003) and quadratic (P = 0.001) effects of VFA infusion rate on the VFA absorption rate, confirming that VFA absorption in the rumen is mainly a concentration-dependent process. The proportion of total VFA supplied that was absorbed in the rumen was 0.845 (0.822, 0.877, and 0.910 for acetate, propionate, and butyrate, respectively). The molar proportions of acetate, propionate, and butyrate absorbed were affected by the level of VFA infusion in the rumen, indicating that this level affected to a different extent the absorption of the different acids.     

不同精料补饲水平对藏绵羊瘤胃内环境参数的影响

选择1.2岁左右藏绵羊30只,随机分3组,采用单因子分组设计,以青干草为基础日粮,按每只150,300,450 g/d 3种精料水平补饲,研究不同精料补饲水平对藏绵羊瘤胃代谢参数变化规律的影响。结果表明;随精料补饲水平提高,藏绵羊瘤胃液pH值下降,NH3-N浓度、NH3-N浓度平均值、总挥发性脂肪酸(VFA)浓度显著增加(P<0.05)。在本试验条件下,从藏绵羊瘤胃内环境的稳定方面考虑,藏绵羊每日补饲精料300 g效果最佳。     

Splanchnic metabolism of volatile fatty acids absorbed from the washed reticulorumen of steers

Six steers fitted with a ruminal cannula and chronic indwelling catheters in the mesenteric artery, mesenteric vein, hepatic portal vein, hepatic vein, as well as in the right ruminal vein were used to study metabolism of VFA absorbed from buffers in the emptied and washed reticulorumen. [2-(13)C]Acetate was infused into a jugular vein to study portal-drained visceral (PDV) uptake of arterial acetate, hepatic unidirectional uptake of acetate, and whole-body irreversible loss rate (ILR). Isobutyrate was infused into the right ruminal vein to calibrate VFA fluxes measured in the portal vein. On sampling days, the rumen was emptied and incubated in sequence with a 0-buffer (bicarbonate buffer without VFA), a VFA-buffer plus continuous intraruminal infusion of VFA, and finally another 0-buffer. Ruminal VFA absorption was determined as VFA uptake from the VFA-buffer and metabolic effects determined as the difference between metabolite fluxes with VFA-buffer and 0-buffers. Steady absorption rates of VFA were maintained during VFA-buffer incubations (4 h; 592+/-16, 257+/-5, 127+/-2, 17+/-<1, 20+/-<1 mmol/h, respectively, of acetate, propionate, butyrate, isovalerate, and valerate). The portal flux of acetate corrected for PDV uptake of arterial acetate accounted for 105+/-3% of the acetate absorption from the rumen, and the net portal flux of propionate accounted for 91+/-2% of propionate absorption. Considerably less butyrate (27+/-3%) and valerate (30+/-3%) could be accounted for in the portal vein. The sum of portal VFA and 3-hydroxybutyrate as well as lactate represented 99+/-3% of total VFA acetyl units and 103+/-2% of VFA propionyl units. Estimates are maximum because no accounting was made for lactate derived from glycolysis in the PDV. The net splanchnic flux of VFA, lactate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and glucose accounted for 64+/-2% of VFA acetyl units and 34+/-5% of VFA propionyl units. Results indicate that there is a low "first-pass" uptake of acetate and propionate in the ruminal epithelium of cattle, whereas butyrate and valerate are extensively metabolized, though seemingly not oxidized to carbon dioxide in the epithelium but repackaged into acetate, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and perhaps other metabolites. When PDV "second-pass" uptake of arterial nutrients is accounted for, PDV fluxes of VFA, lactate, and 3-hydroxybutyrate represent VFA production in the gastrointestinal tract and thereby VFA availability to the ruminant animal.     

异戊酸对西门塔尔牛瘤胃发酵的影响

选用4头体重420 kg，年龄2.5岁装有永久性瘤胃瘘管的中国西门塔尔牛阉牛，采用4×4拉丁方设计，以混合精料和玉米秸秆为基础日粮，研究异戊酸（0、0.02、0.04和0.06 g/kg体重）对瘤胃pH、氨态氮、挥发性脂肪酸浓度及乙酸/丙酸比例的影响。结果表明：0.06 g/kg体重组显著降低瘤胃pH（P<0.05），饲喂后3~6 h 0.04 g/kg体重组和0.06 g/kg体重组NH3-N浓度显著低于对照组和0.02 g/kg体重组（P<0.05）；0.04 g/kg体重组瘤胃乙酸、丁酸和总挥发性脂肪酸浓度显著增加（P<0.05），乙酸/丙酸比例显著提高（P<0.05）。异戊酸的适宜添加水平为0.04 g/kg体重。     

Effect of vitamin E on ruminal fermentation in vitro

The effects of vitamin E on pH value, total protozoa counts, volatile fatty acid (VFA), ammonia nitrogen and lactate levels were examined using an in vitro ruminal incubation system. The ruminal fluid (100 ml) of the first and second group was supplemented with 0.4 mg or 0.8 mg of vitamin E, respectively. Samples were taken immediately before and following 3, 6, 12 and 24 h of incubation at 39 degrees C and analysed for the total protozoa counts, the pH and the levels of ammonia nitrogen, lactate and VFA. Levels of propionate at 24 h and ammonia nitrogen at 12 and 24 h were significantly higher in the second group than in the control. In contrast, the levels of butyrate at 6, 12 and 24 h and lactate at 6, 12 and 24 h were lower in the second group than in the control. Propionate at 24 h, acetate levels at 6, 12 and 24 hand ammonia nitrogen levels at 6, 12 and 24 h and total rumen protozoa counts at 6, 12 and 24 h were significantly higher in the second group as compared with control. In contrary, butyrate levels at 6, 12 and 24 h, lactate levels at 6, 12 and 24 h were lower in second group than in control. There was no statistically significant difference among the groups in the pH values. In conclusion, the addition of vitamin E to in vitro ruminal fluid was found to increase the concentrations of acetate and propionate, total counts of protozoa, levels of ammonia nitrogen, but to decrease the butyrate and lactate levels of the ruminal aliquots in in vitro ruminal fermentation.     

不同精粗比日粮对奶山羊瘤胃液pH值、VFA及血液VFA含量的影响

本试验旨在探讨不同精粗比日粮对奶山羊瘤胃液pH值、VFA以及血液中VFA含量的影响。选择8只安装永久性瘤胃瘘管的奶山羊作为试验动物,采用完全随机分组试验设计随机分为2组,分别饲喂精粗比为6∶4和4∶6的日粮,预饲期15 d,采样期3 d。结果表明,高精料组(HC组)瘤胃液pH值显著低于低精料组(HR组)(P<0.05);在采食后3 h,HC组与HR组瘤胃液pH值均下降至最低值,分别为5.71和6.08。除了乙酸含量外,HC组瘤胃液丙酸、异丁酸、丁酸、异戊酸、戊酸以及总挥发性脂肪酸(TVFA)含量分别比HR组提高4.99%、5.58%、21.81%、17.95%、18.27%、1.66%。HC组血浆中各种VFA的含量均高于HR组,其中丙酸、丁酸含量两组间差异达到显著水平(P<0.05)。HC组瘤胃液以及血浆中乙酸与丙酸比值均低于HR组,但两组间差异均不显著(P>0.05)。HC组瘤胃液乙酸、丙酸、TVFA浓度在采食后2 h达到最大值,HR组在采食后3 h达到最大值,两组日粮血浆中VFA浓度均在采食后2 h达到最大值,然后逐渐恢复到采食前水平。结论:高精料日粮导致瘤胃液pH值显著降低,瘤胃液和血浆中VFA含量增加;瘤胃液VFA生成速率HC组高于HR组。