Absorption and metabolism of volatile fatty acids by rumen and omasum


Autoria(s): Daniel, João Luiz Pratti; Resende Júnior, João Chrysostomo de
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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

04/11/2013

04/11/2013

2012

Resumo

Volatile fatty acids (VFA) absorption and metabolic capacity of rumen and omasum were compared, in vitro. Fragments of rumen wall and omasum laminae were taken from eight adult crossbred bovines. An isolated fragment of the mucosa was fitted in a tissue diffusion chamber. Valeric acid and CrEDTA were added to ruminal fluid and placed on the mucosal side and buffer solution was placed on the serosal side. Fractional absorption rates were measured by exponential VFA:Cr ratio decay over time. Metabolism rate was determined as the difference between VFA absorbed and VFA which appeared on the serosal side over time. Mitotic index was higher in omasum (0.52%) than in rumen epithelium (0.28%). VFA fractional absorption rate was higher in omasum (4.6%/h.cm²) than in rumen (0.4%/h.cm²). Acetate, propionate, butyrate, and valerate showed similar fractional absorption rates in both fragments. Percentage of metabolized acetate and propionate was lower than butyrate and valerate in both stomach compartments. In the rumen, individual VFA metabolism rates were similar (mean of 7.7 , but in the omasum, valerate (90.0 was more metabolized than butyrate (59.6 propionate (69.8 and acetate (51.7 . Correlation between VFA metabolism and mitotic index was positive in the rumen and in the omasum. In conclusion, VFA metabolism and absorption potential per surface of the omasum is higher than that of the rumen. Variations on rumen and omasum absorption capacities occur in the same way, and there are indications that factors capable of stimulating rumen wall proliferation are similarly capable of stimulating omasum walls.

Identificador

Ciênc. agrotec.,v.36,n.1,p.93-99,2012

1413-7054

http://www.producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/39643

10.1590/S1413-70542012000100012

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542012000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1413-70542012000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S1413-70542012000100012&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

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eng

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Editora da Universidade Federal de Lavras

Relação

Ciência e Agrotecnologia

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openAccess

Palavras-Chave #Morphology #physiology #bovine #ussing chamber #forestomach #Morfologia #fisiologia #bovino #câmara de ussing #proventrículo
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article

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