Effects of post-ruminal fermentation on the faecal and urinary excretion of purines

1997 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Surra ◽  
J. A. Guada ◽  
J. Balcells ◽  
C. Castrillo
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Corn Starch ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Diaminopimelic Acid ◽  
Ruminal Fermentation ◽  
Faecal Excretion ◽  
Hind Gut ◽  
Gastro Intestinal Tract ◽  
Saline Solutions ◽  
Gut Fermentation

AbstractThe effect of post-ruminal fermentation on faecal output of purine bases (PB) and urinary excretion of their derivatives (PD) was studied by the infusion of yeast RNA (2·9 g/day), corn starch (100 g/day), cellulose (200 g/day) and saline solutions into the gastro-intestinal tract offour sheep (35·4 kg live weight) fitted with caecal and duodenal catheters and given 0-80 kg/day alfalfa hay. All substrates were infused into the caecum except cellulose that was infused into the proximal duodenum.The infusion of RNA did not affect either the faecal excretion of PB or the urinary excretion of allantoin or total PD, although xanthine excretion increased significantly from <0·01 to 0·12 mmol/day.Starch and cellulose infusions promoted a significant increase in the faecal excretion of diaminopimelic acid (206 and 159v.131 mg/day) and PB (4·55 and 3·62v.2·29 mmol/day) and modified the partitioning of total nitrogen losses between faeces and urine. The urinary excretion of allantoin and total PD were not affected by the caecal infusion of starch (6·60 and 22·9v.7·02 and 22·8 mmol/day) but both tended to increase with the duodenal infusion of cellulose (7·75 and 26·4 mmol/day).It is concluded that the urinary excretion ofPD is independent of either the supply of nucleic acids to the caecum or the extent of hind gut fermentation although it may be affected by variations in the flow of undigested fibre along the small intestine.

scholarly journals The digestion process of the sugar alcohol isomalt in the intestinal tract of the pig

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. 455-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Van Weerden ◽  
J. Huisman
Keyword(s):  
Small Intestine ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Basal Diet ◽  
Secondary Effect ◽  
Sugar Alcohol ◽  
Faecal Excretion ◽  
Bacterial Fermentation ◽  
Digestion Process

In a study with twelve pigs of 60–70 kg live weight provided with a re-entrant cannula at the end of the ileum, and twelve intact, non-cannulated pigs, the fate of dietary doses of 100 and 200 g isomalt/kg during gastrointestinal passage was examined. From sugar analyses in ileal chyme it was calculated that 0.43 and 0.30 of the isomalt consumed was digested in the small intestine with the 100 and 200 g/kg doses of isomalt respectively. From findings on ileal energy digestibility it was calculated that, because of a secondary effect of isomalt on the digestion of the basal diet, isomalt digestibility in the small intestine was distinctly lower. In faeces no sugars were found, so faecal digestibility of isomalt was 1.00 for both doses. The bacterial fermentation in the large intestine of the isomalt not digested in the small intestine caused an increase in the faecal excretion of nitrogen and energy. This increased faecal excretion was hardly (nitrogen) or not (energy) compensated by a decreased urinary excretion.

scholarly journals A comparison of the effect of forage type and level of feeding on the digestibility and gastrointestinal mean retention time of dry forages given to cattle, sheep, ponies and donkeys

2006 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Pearson ◽  
R. F. Archibald ◽  
R. H. Muirhead
Keyword(s):  
Latin Square ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
The Other ◽  
Barley Straw ◽  
Acid Detergent Fibre ◽  
Forage Intake ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Hind Gut ◽  
Gut Fermentation ◽  
Made In

Four cattle, sheep, ponies and donkeys were fed dehydrated lucerne, early-cut hay, later-cut hay or barley straw in a Latin square-based design for four periods of 35d. In the first sub-period animals were fed the diets ad libitum (1–21d) and in the second sub-period they were fed the same diet restricted to 0·75 of ad libitum intake (days 22–35). Measurements of forage intake, apparent digestibilities and gastrointestinal mean retention times (MRT) were made in the last 7d of each sub-period. Differences between species in voluntary DM intake (VDMI; g/kg live weight LW)0·75 and g/LW) were greatest on the lucerne and least on barley straw. Cattle VDMI (g/kg LW0·75) compared with intake of the other species was > ponies > sheep > donkeys on lucerne. On barley straw VDMI (g/kg LW0·75) of cattle compared with intake of the other species was = donkey = ponies > sheep. VDMI of hays were intermediate between the lucerne and straw forages. Apparent digestibilities of DM, organic matter (OM), neutral-detergent fibre (NDF) and acid-detergent fibre (ADF) of the lucerne and hays were higher in the ruminants than in the equids. Effect of feeding level was not significant. Gastrointestinal MRT was shorter in the equids than in the ruminants. On straw diets donkeys showed similar apparent digestibilities of feed components to those of the cattle, whilst apparent digestibility of the straw diet by the ponies was lowest. Results are discussed in relation to evolutionary differences in feeding and digestion strategy associated with fore- or hind-gut fermentation in ruminants and equids.

Interpretation of the faecal excretion patterns of solute and particle markers introduced into the rumen of sheep

1983 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Faichney ◽  
R. C. Boston
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Proximal Colon ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Delay Model ◽  
Faecal Excretion ◽  
Transit Times ◽  
Pool Model ◽  
Computer Simulation Program ◽  
Gastro Intestinal Tract ◽  
Kinetics Of

SUMMARYA two-pool + time delay model was used to analyse ideal marker concentration patterns generated, using an interactive computer simulation program, from data for the mean retention times of [51Cr]EDTA and [103Ru]phen in the reticulo-rumen, abomasum and caecum-proximal colon and the transit times of these markers through the omasum, small intestine and distal large intestine of sheep. Although providing a reasonably close fit to the generated data, the fitted curves showed small but systematic deviations, indicating that the model does not consistently characterize the kinetics of the markers in the ruminant gastro-intestinal tract.When the components of the two-pool model were correctly identified, predicted rumen mean retention times (MRT) were within – 1 to + 13% of the observed values. However, identifying the component with the longer MRT as the rumen resulted in up to 2·6-fold overestimation (17·5 v. 6·77 h). The model underestimated the time delay and the overall MRT. It is suggested that the correct identification of the two components can be achieved by the simultaneous use of a solute-and a particulate-phase marker because, in ruminants, they do not behave independently in the caecumproximal colon.

Renal and salivary clearance of purine derivatives in sheep

1997 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Surra ◽  
J. A. Guada ◽  
J. Balcells ◽  
C. Castrillo
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Plasma Concentration ◽  
Urinary Excretion ◽  
Buccal Cavity ◽  
Salivary Flow ◽  
Salivary Secretion ◽  
Purine Derivatives ◽  
Urinary Recovery ◽  
Fresh Matter ◽  
Saline Solutions

AbstractFour adult ewes (mean weight 42·6 kg) fitted with oesophageal fistulae were given 5 mmol/day ofallantoin or saline solutions by intrajugular continuous infusion. The experiment was a randomized cross-over design, with two consecutive 3-day infusion periods. One kg/day fresh matter of either chopped or pelleted fescue hay was distributed over 12 meals and salivary flow estimated from dilution of Co-EDTA infused into the buccal cavity. Allantoin infusion resulted in a rapid increase in its plasma concentration (84 to 128 (s.e. 1·5) μmol/l) and urinary excretion (9·6 to 13·3 (s.e. 0·18) mmol/day) without significant differences between diets. Salivary allantoin also increased (4·6 to 6·4 (s.e. 0·60) ymol/1) in response to infusion, although the concentration of total purine derivatives in saliva was only proportionately 0·08 that of plasma. Renal and salivary clearance of oxypurines, allantoin (78 (s.e. 5·0) ml/min and 13 (s.e. 0·7) ml/h), uric acid (466 (s.e. 98·0) ml/min and 45 (s.e. 9·8) ml/h) and creatinine (104 (s.e. 3·0) ml/min and 14 (s.e. 1·1) ml/h) were constant, irrespective of diet and infusion treatments. Urinary recovery of infused allantoin averaged 0·78 (s.e. 0·031) but salivary secretion, equivalent to about 0·003 of urinary losses, was not the explanation for the incomplete recovery.

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