Effects of Changes in Feed Level, Starvation, and Level of Feed After Starvation Upon the Concentration of Rumen Protozoa in the Ovine1
AUTOR(ES)
Potter, E. L.
RESUMO
Four rumen fistulated sheep were used in five experiments to investigate the effect of feed level upon the concentration of rumen ciliate protozoa. The sheep were fed once daily 650 g of a pelleted diet composed of corn cobs, 45%; alfalfa meal, 35%; oats, 12.5%; cane molasses, 5%; urea, 0.4%; and vitamins and minerals, 2%. The concentration of protozoa reached minimum and maximum values at 5 and 22.5 h after feeding, respectively. Thus, to estimate apparent generation rates, concentrations of protozoa were determined at 5 and 20 h postfeeding. Apparent generation rate/h = natural log of ([concentration of protozoa at 20 h divided by concentration at 5 h] divided by the time interval, [T20 to T5]). Alteration of the feed to protozoa ratio by starvation and by changing the level of feed (200 to 900 g/day) showed that as the ratio of feed to protozoa increased, generation rate increased. Measurements of liquid turnover rates in the rumen showed that turnover rate decreased as feed level decreased. Turnover rate was near zero when the sheep were starved. Small quantities of soluble substrates, added directly to the rumen of starved sheep, maintained the protozoal population when rumen turnover was minimal. Furthermore, as rumen turnover rate increased with increased levels of feed, the effect of substrate on maintaining the protozoal population was negated. Thus, at high feed levels, turnover rate may be the dominant factor controlling the establishment and concentration of protozoa in the rumen.
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