Metabolizable energy balance in hair sheep lambs artificially infected with Haemonchus contortus

2021 ◽  
Vol 300 ◽  
pp. 109620
Author(s):  
Eduardo Ramos-Bruno ◽  
Juan F.J. Torres-Acosta ◽  
Luis A. Sarmiento-Franco ◽  
Carlos A. Sandoval-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Haemonchus Contortus ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Hair Sheep

Effect of fatty acid composition of dietary fat on energy balance and expenditure in hamsters

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 994-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. H. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Fish Oil ◽  
Corn Oil ◽  
Dietary Fatty Acids ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Metabolizable Energy Intake ◽  
Energy Gains

The comparative effects of feeding diets containing corn, olive, coconut, or menhaden fish oil on efficiency of energy deposition and on short term energy expenditure were examined in growing hamsters. Diets comprising oils mixed with laboratory diets at 10% oil w/w were fed ad libitum for 3 weeks. Animals fed laboratory diets were used as controls. Body composition was determined before and after the feeding period using 3H2O distribution space. Oxygen consumption was measured in each animal during the final week. Weight gains of groups fed corn and olive oil diets exceeded those of the group fed laboratory diet alone (p < 0.05), although metabolizable energy intakes were similar across groups. Corn oil fed animals demonstrated higher carcass energy gains as fat compared with laboratory diet fed or menhaden oil fed groups. This was reflected in an increased fractional deposition of metabolizable energy intake in the group fed corn oil diet compared with the latter two groups. Fecal energy losses were lower in the group fed corn oil diet, and higher in the group fed laboratory diet alone, compared with other groups. Oxygen consumption did not differ between groups. These findings indicate that feeding dietary fish oil, compared with corn oil, favours energy substrate oxidation reducing the fraction of metabolizable energy partitioned for storage.Key words: energy balance, energy expenditure, dietary fatty acids, hamster.

scholarly journals Energy balance in rats given chronic hormone treatment

1989 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. H. Woodward ◽  
Peter W. Emery
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Insulin Treatment ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Fat Free Mass ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Total Enzyme Activity ◽  
Brown Adipose

1. Sprague–Dawley rats were injected for 16 d with long-acting insulin, and energy balance was calculated using the comparative carcass technique. Two experiments were carried out with females (starting weights 150 and 90 g respectively), and one with males (starting weight 150 g). In a fourth experiment, cytochrome c oxidasc (EC 1.9.3.1) activity was measured as an indicator of the capacity for substrate oxidation.2. Insulin increased weight gain by up to 57% (P < 0.01 for all studies). Metabolizable energy intake (kJ/d) was also consistently higher in the treated groups, by up to 34% (P < 0.01 for all studies). The excess weight gained by the insulin-treated rats was predominantly due to fat deposition.3. Energy expenditure, calculated as the difference between metabolizable intake and carcass energy gain. was expressed on a whole-body basis, or relative to either metabolic body size (kg body-weight0.75) or fat-free mass. Insulin consistently raised energy expenditure, regardless of the method of expression, but this change reached statistical significance in only two of the nine comparisons.4. Cytochrome c oxidase activity was not affected by insulin treatment in either interscapular brown adipose tissue or gastrocnemius muscle. In liver, total enzyme activity (U/tissue) was increased from 2928 (se 162) in the controls to 3940 (se 294) in the treated group (P < 0.02), but specific activity (U/mg protein) was unchanged.5. It is concluded that, despite causing substantial hyperphagia, insulin treatment only slightly increases energy expenditure in rats. The costs of increased tissue deposition may account for this change.

Energetic response to repeated restraint stress in rapidly growing mice

2000 ◽  
Vol 279 (1) ◽  
pp. E33-E43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin D. Laugero ◽  
Gary P. Moberg
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Biological Function ◽  
Complete Recovery ◽  
Plasma Corticosterone ◽  
Negative Energy ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Stress Exposure ◽  
Compensatory Mechanisms ◽  
Repeated Restraint Stress ◽  
Metabolizable Energy Intake

There is a cost of stress that may result in the loss of normal biological function (e.g., growth). Repeated, and even single, applications of stressors have been shown to induce negative energy balance in rodents. However, here we addressed whether this energetic response changes during multiple stress exposure and whether there is complete recovery subsequent to the cessation of stress exposure. These questions were addressed in growing C57Bl/6 mice (31 day) by determining at different times the energetic and endocrine responses after the exposure to restraint (R) stress for 4 h applied once (R1), repeatedly over 3 days (R3), or repeatedly over 7 days (R7). Compared with control values, R elevated ( P < 0.05) plasma corticosterone and reduced plasma insulin-like growth factor I on all days of exposure to the stressor. Seven days, but not 1 or 3 days of R, decreased the net growth (126%, P < 0.05) and deposition of fat (71%, P < 0.05) and lean (60%, P < 0.05) energy over the 7 days. Only R7 depressed the 7-day metabolizable energy intake ( P < 0.05), and R7, but not R1 or R3, increased the overall energy expenditure (10%, P < 0.05). Our results demonstrate that repeated episodes of stress are energetically costly to the rapidly growing animal, but compensatory mechanisms mitigate this cost of repeated stress exposure and permit complete recovery of energy balance after the cessation of stress application.

Energy balance following sympathetic denervation of brown adipose tissue

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Dulloo ◽  
D. S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Oxygen Consumption ◽  
Energy Balance ◽  
Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Body Fat ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Energetic Efficiency ◽  
Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue ◽  
Body Protein ◽  
Brown Adipose

The effects of sham, bilateral surgical denervation or excision of interscapular brown adipose tissue on body composition and energetic efficiency were studied in young CFLP mice kept at 25 °C and fed a laboratory stock diet. A preliminary experiment showed that 15 weeks following surgery, total body fat was increased by 42% in the denervated group and by 72% in the excised group while body protein was unchanged. In another 7-week energy balance experiment, body fat was also significantly higher by 15 and 18% in the denervated and excised group, respectively, but metabolizable energy intake was slightly lower than that of sham controls. Determination of energy expenditure both by the comparative carcass slaughter technique and by measurement of daily oxygen consumption showed that the metabolic rate was reduced in the denervated and excised groups. The capacity for thermogenesis, as measured by an increase in oxygen consumption following injections of noradrenaline (600 μg/kg body weight) was similar in all groups. These studies show that denervation or excision of interscapular brown adipose tissue causes an elevation in energetic efficiency, and indicates an important role of the sympathetic nervous system in the regulation of animal heat production by brown adipose tissue and in the overall control of thermogenesis.

Seasonal energy requirements of wapiti (Cervus elaphus) for maintenance and growth

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Jiang ◽  
R. J. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Cervus Elaphus ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Field Trials ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Energy Requirements ◽  
Energy Needs ◽  
Native Pastures ◽  
Metabolizable Energy Intake ◽  
Maintenance Requirements

Seasonal energy intakes of 6- to 14-mo-old wapiti hinds were determined in energy balance trials under pen and field conditions in winter, spring and summer. Six animals grazed native pastures supplemented with alfalfa hay when pasture availability declined in winter. Another six were penned and fed alfalfa-barley pellets to maximize growth throughout the year. Season and diet-specific metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance and liveweight gain were determined from regression of metabolizable energy intake on gain. Daily maintenance requirements of penned wapiti ranged from (mean ± SE) 473 ± 35 kJ kg−0.75 in winter to 728 ± 78 kJ kg−0.75 in summer. On spring and summer pasture, daily ecological maintenance requirements ranged from 900 ± 26 to 984 ± 37 kJ kg−0.75. Energy requirements for gain were the same in pen and field trials, ranging from 25 ± 6 to 33 ± 5 kJ g−1 in winter and from 40 ± 6 to 43 ± 12 kJ g−1 in spring and summer. This study provides basic information on the metabolizable energy needs of wapiti and insights into how their seasonal requirements can be optimally met. Key words: Elk, metabolizable energy requirement, growth, physiological maintenance, ecological maintenance, seasonality, energy balance

scholarly journals Genetic Selection for Resistance to Gastrointestinal Parasitism in Meat Goats and Hair Sheep through a Performance Test with Artificial Infection of Haemonchus contortus

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1902
Author(s):  
Yoko Tsukahara ◽  
Terry A. Gipson ◽  
Steven P. Hart ◽  
Lionel Dawson ◽  
Zaisen Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Haemonchus Contortus ◽  
Performance Test ◽  
Genetic Selection ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Parasite Resistance ◽  
Artificial Infection ◽  
Hair Sheep ◽  
Meat Goats ◽  
Selection For ◽  
Selection Of

Internal parasitism has been the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in small ruminants in many areas such as the southcentral USA. Among the different approaches and management practices to cope with internal parasitism, genetic selection for internal parasite resistance is recognized as one with considerable potential long-term impact. A central performance test with artificial infection of Haemonchus contortus for selection of growing meat goats and hair sheep for breeding to increase resistance to internal parasitism and on-farm selection of females was conducted for 3 years. The results varied considerably among breeds of goats and flocks of sheep. Spanish goats and St. Croix sheep maintained relatively low fecal egg count (FEC) each year, whereas for goats categorized as being of high resistance and Dorper sheep FEC decreased with advancing year. Packed call volume (PCV) and total serum immunoglobulin (Ig) levels were not strongly related to FEC. Genetic parameters varied between the two species, which might be related to previous selection pressure exerted for parasite resistance. Heritability of FEC was higher in goats than sheep. The genetic correlation between FEC and IgM and IgG was negative for both species, which suggests possible genetic association. Genetic and phenotypic correlations between ADG and FEC were nonsignificant for both species. In conclusion, different relationships of FEC and PCV between species require careful attention during selection and the lack of relationship between ADG and FEC suggests that selection of growing male meat goats and hair sheep for resistance to internal parasitism will not adversely affect growth performance.

Nitrogen retention in hair sheep lambs with a gradient of Haemonchus contortus infection

2021 ◽  
pp. 109488
Author(s):  
E. Ramos-Bruno ◽  
C.A. Sandoval-Castro ◽  
J.F.J. Torres-Acosta ◽  
L.A. Sarmiento-Franco ◽  
R. Torres-Fajardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Haemonchus Contortus ◽  
Nitrogen Retention ◽  
Hair Sheep

scholarly journals Some energy balances of dairy cows at high day and moderate night temperatures.

1968 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-141
Author(s):  
A.J.H. van Es ◽  
M.W.A. Verstegen ◽  
M.S. Saleh Youssef ◽  
H.J. Nijkamp
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Dairy Cows ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Energy Losses ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Energy Balances ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Small Positive Effect ◽  
Friesian Cows

2 lactating Friesian cows, producing 14 and 10 kg milk/day, were used in 3 energy balance expt., each lasting 4 wk. Rations consisted of concentrates with varying amounts of hay or straw. Combinations of day and night temp, examined were 16 degrees /16 degrees , 20 degrees /20 degrees , 25 degrees /25 degrees , 30 degrees /30 degrees and 30 degrees /25 degrees C. At 30 degrees /30 degrees and 30 degrees /25 degrees C, roughage intake was reduced particularly on a high roughage ration. At 30 degrees /25 degrees C there was no influence on methane or urinary energy losses, a small positive effect on digestibility and no or only a small negative effect on the utilization of metabolizable energy for maintenance and production. JDL. (Abstract retrieved from CAB Abstracts by CABI’s permission)

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