Digestibilities of nitrogen compounds in rumen bacteria and in other components of digesta in the small intestine of the young steer
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Nutrition
- Vol. 38 (2), 207-216
- https://doi.org/10.1079/bjn19770080
Abstract
1. Mixed bacteria were obtained from the rumen contents of steers and were taken at different times after the animals had been given different feeds. The feeds contained [15N]urea and in some experiments Na235SO4 so that the bacteria were labelled with these isotopes.2. Samples of labelled bacteria were subjected to a simulated abomasal digestion with pepsin and the digests were infused with a non-absorbed marker, polyethylene glycol, into the duodenums of test steers equipped with re-entrant ileal cannulas. Except for samples taken after a 24 h fast, which sometimes gave somewhat lower values, mean values for digestibilities of 15N and 35S in the small intestine were 0.79 and 0.85 respectively.3. The corresponding value for the digestibility of 15N in similarly-treated wheat-leaf protein concentrate was 0.86.4. Net digestibilities of total N in the small intestine of the test steers when they were given either a mainly protein-free diet of straw, tapioca and urea or a diet of flaked maize and hay were approximately 0.62.5. From these and other values it was calculated that approximately 5.2g intestinally-secreted endogenous N/d flowed through the ileum of a 100 kg steer.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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