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Supplementation with non-fibrous carbohydrates reduced fiber digestibility and did not improve microbial protein synthesis in sheep fed fresh forage of two nutritive values

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2011

I. Tebot ,
C. Cajarville ,
J. L. Repetto  and
A. Cirio
I. Tebot
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociencias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay
C. Cajarville
Affiliation:
Departamento de Nutrición Animal, Instituto de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay
J. L. Repetto
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bovinos, Instituto de Producción Animal, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay
A. Cirio*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Fisiología, Instituto de Biociencias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay
*
†E-mail: albertocirio@yahoo.com
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Abstract

To determine whether non-fibrous carbohydrate (NFC) supplementation improves fiber digestibility and microbial protein synthesis, 18 Corriedale ewes with a fixed intake level (40 g dry matter (DM)/kg BW0.75) were assigned to three (n = 6) diets: F = 100% fresh temperate forage, FG = 70% forage + 30% barley grain and FGM = 70% forage + 15% barley grain + 15% molasses-based product (MBP, Kalori 3000). Two experimental periods were carried out, with late (P1) and early (P2) vegetative stage forage. For P2, ewes were fitted with ruminal catheters. Forage was distributed at 0900 h, 1300 h, 1800 h and 2300 h, and supplement added at 0900 h and 1800 h meals. Digestibility of the different components of the diets, retained N and rumen microbial protein synthesis were determined. At the end of P2, ruminal pH and N-NH3 concentration were determined hourly for 24 h. Supplementation increased digestibility of DM (P < 0.001) and organic matter (OM; P < 0.001) and reduced NDF digestibility (P = 0.043) in both periods, with greater values in P2 (P = 0.008) for the three diets. Daily mean ruminal pH differed (P < 0.05) among treatments: 6.33 (F), 6.15 (FG) and 6.51 (FGM). The high pH in FGM was attributed to Ca(OH)2 in MBP. Therefore, the decreased fiber digestibility in supplemented diets could not be attributed to pH changes. The mean ruminal concentration of N-NH3 was 18.0 mg/dl, without differences among treatments or sampling hours. Microbial protein synthesis was greater in P2 (8.0 g/day) than in P1 (6.1 g/day; P = 0.006), but treatments did not enhance this parameter. The efficiency of protein synthesis tended to be lower in supplemented groups (16.4, 13.9 and 13.4 in P1, and 20.8, 16.7 and 16.2 g N/kg digestible OM ingested in P2, for F, FG and FGM, respectively; P = 0.07) without differences between supplements. The same tendency was observed for retained N: 2.55, 1.38 and 1.98 in P1, and 2.28, 1.23 and 1.10 g/day in P2, for F, FG and FGM, respectively; P = 0.05). The efficiency of microbial protein synthesis was greater in P2 (P = 0.007). In conclusion, addition of feeds containing NFCs to fresh temperate forage reduced the digestibility of cell walls and did not improve microbial protein synthesis or its efficiency. An increase in these parameters was associated to the early phenological stage of the forage.

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fiber digestibilityfresh temperate foragemicrobial protein synthesisnon-fibrous carbohydrate supplementationsheep
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animal , Volume 6 , Issue 4 , April 2012 , pp. 617 - 623
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