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Effect of low dietary concentrations of Acacia mearnsii tannin extract on chewing, ruminal fermentation, digestibility, nitrogen partition, and performance of dairy cows.
Oliveira, Liniker N; Pereira, Marina A N; Oliveira, Cecília D S; Oliveira, Cássia C; Silva, Rayana B; Pereira, Renata A N; DeVries, Trevor J; Pereira, Marcos N.
Afiliação
  • Oliveira LN; Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900, Brazil.
  • Pereira MAN; Better Nature Research Center, Lavras, MG 37203-016, Brazil.
  • Oliveira CDS; Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900, Brazil.
  • Oliveira CC; Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900, Brazil.
  • Silva RB; Better Nature Research Center, Lavras, MG 37203-016, Brazil.
  • Pereira RAN; Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária de Minas Gerais, Lavras, MG 37200-970, Brazil.
  • DeVries TJ; Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
  • Pereira MN; Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal de Lavras, Lavras, MG 37200-900, Brazil. Electronic address: mpereira@ufla.br.
J Dairy Sci ; 106(5): 3203-3216, 2023 May.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37028971
The supplementation of dairy cows with tannins can reduce the ruminal degradation of dietary protein and urine N excretion, but high concentration in the diet can impair ruminal function, diet digestibility, feed intake, and milk yield. This study evaluated the effect of low concentrations (0, 0.14, 0.29, or 0.43% of diet in DM basis) of a tannin extract from the bark of Acacia mearnsii (TA) on milking performance, dry matter intake (DMI), digestibility, chewing behavior, ruminal fermentation, and N partition of dairy cows. Twenty Holstein cows (34.7 ± 4.8 kg/d, 590 ± 89 kg, and 78 ± 33 d in lactation) were individually fed a sequence of 4 treatments in 5, 4 × 4 Latin squares (with 21-d treatment periods, each with a 14-d adaptation period). The TA replaced citrus pulp in the total mixed ration and other feed ingredients were kept constant. Diets had 17.1% crude protein, mostly from soybean meal and alfalfa haylage. The TA had no detected effect on DMI (22.1 kg/d), milk yield (33.5 kg/d), and milk components. The proportions in milk fat of mixed origin fatty acids (16C and 17C) and the daily secretion of unsaturated fatty acids were linearly reduced and the proportion of de novo fatty acids was increased by TA. Cows fed TA had linear increase in the molar proportion of butyrate and linear reduction in propionate in ruminal fluid, whereas acetate did not differ. There was a tendency for the ratio of acetate to propionate to be linearly increased by TA. Cows fed TA had a linear reduction in the relative ruminal microbial yield, estimated by the concentrations of allantoin and creatinine in urine and body weight. The total-tract apparent digestibility of neutral detergent fiber, starch, and crude protein also did not differ. The TA induced a linear increase in meal size and duration of the first daily meal and reduced meal frequency. Rumination behavior did not differ with treatment. Cows fed 0.43% TA selected against feed particles >19 mm in the morning. There were tendencies for linear decreases in milk urea N (16.1-17.3 mg/dL), urine N (153-168 g/d and 25.5-28.7% of N intake), and plasma urea N at 6, 18, and 21 h postmorning feeding, and plasma urea N 12 h postfeeding was reduced by TA. The proportion of N intake in milk (27.1%) and feces (21.4%) did not differ with treatment. Reductions in urine N excretion and milk and plasma urea N suggest that TA reduced ruminal AA deamination, whereas lactation performance did not differ. Overall, TA up to 0.43% of DM did not affect DMI and lactation performance, while there was a tendency to reduce urine N excretion.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Acacia Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Dairy Sci Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Acacia Limite: Animals Idioma: En Revista: J Dairy Sci Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Estados Unidos