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Utilization of volatile fatty acids and glucose for protein deposition in lambs*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

B. Eskelandt ,
W. H. Pfander  and
R. L. Preston
B. Eskelandt
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
W. H. Pfander
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
R. L. Preston
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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1. Glucose, and acetic, propionic and butyric acids, the major energy sources available to ruminants, have been comparatively evaluated as energy sources for growth in lambs. The energy sources were administered intravenously at 2·092 and 2·510 MJ metabolizable energy per 24 h for periods of 9–12 d. Nitrogen was given in excess of requirement so that growth rate was limited by energy, as indicated by the increased N retention after intravenous administration of energy.

2. The N-balance results from the trials showed that propionic acid promoted a significantly (P < 0·01) higher N retention than acetic acid. In some of the experiments there were no significant differences between propionic and butyric acids, and in others, no significant differences between acetic and butyric acids. Compared with isoenergetic glucose infusion, all volatile fatty acids were less efficiently utilized than glucose. The mean values for N balance (g/d) were 2·31 during control infusion, 6·53, 5·71, 5·48 and 4·59 during glucose, propionate, butyrate and acetate infusions, respectively.

3. All energy sources reduced the faecal N excretion significantly. The greatest reduction was observed during butyrate treatment. The mean values for faecal N excretion (g/d) were 4·24 for control, 4·00 for acetate, 3·89 for propionate, 3·83 for glucose, and 3·76 for butyrate infusion. The reduced faecal N excretion after butyrate infusion partly accounts for the increased N retention with that treatment.

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Research Article
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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , May 1973 , pp. 347 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1973

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