Seasonal changes in the energy and nitrogen intake in reindeer and caribou

1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 905-913 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. H. McEwan ◽  
P. E. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Growth Period ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
A Value ◽  
Cyclical Pattern ◽  
Summer Growth ◽  
Cattle And Sheep

The relation between energy intake and body weight of reindeer and caribou are summarized. The results indicate that caloric intake was 35–45% lower in winter than during the summer growth period. The relation between heat production and body weight also exhibited a cyclical pattern. Heat production per unit of metabolic weight decreased by 25% (mid-August to mid-November). From calorimetry studies, the relative proportions of protein and fat deposition from weaning to 12 months of age were estimated. The amount of digestible nitrogen required for N equilibrium amounted to 0.462 g N/W0.75 per day, a value comparable to those reported for cattle and sheep. The estimated metabolizable energy requirement for maintenance of a 70-kg reindeer in winter amounted to 5.5 Mcal/day, or about 200 kcal/W0.75perday.

scholarly journals Protein and energy requirements for maintenance of indigenous Granadina goats

1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Prieto ◽  
J. F. Aguilera ◽  
L. Lara ◽  
J. FonollÁ
Keyword(s):  
Energy Balance ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Energy Requirements ◽  
Total N ◽  
A Value ◽  
Maintenance Requirements ◽  
Fasting Heat Production

Sixteen adult castrated male goats of the Granadina breed, with initial live weights ranging from 26.0 to 33.3 kg were used in two experiments to determine their protein and energy requirements for maintenance. Digestibility, nitrogen and energy balance measurements were made during the experiments. Two diets, which were based on pelleted lucerne (Medicago sativa) hay alone or on this forage and barley, were individually given at about maintenance level once daily. Gas exchange was measured using open-circuit respiration chambers. Fasting heat production was also determined. By regression analysis endogenous urinary N and maintenance requirements for N were estimated to be 119 mg/kg body-weight (W)0.75 per d and 409 mg total N/kg W0.75 per d respectively. Fasting heat production was 324 kJ/kg W0.75. The energy requirement for maintenance was calculated by regression of energy balance on metabolizable energy (ME) intake and a value of 443 kJ/kg W0.75 per d was found. The overall efficiency of utilization of ME for maintenance was 0.73.

Effect of dietary electrolyte balance on metabolic rate and energy balance in pigs

2002 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Dersjant-Li ◽  
J. W. Schrama ◽  
M. J. W. Heetkamp ◽  
J. A. J. Verreth ◽  
M. W. A. Verstegen
Keyword(s):  
Heat Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Nitrogen Retention ◽  
Open Circuit ◽  
Light Period ◽  
Total Heat ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Electrolyte Balance ◽  
Adaptation Period ◽  
Significance Level

AbstractThe effect of two dietary electrolyte balance (dEB, Na+ + K+ – Cl-) levels (–135 and 145 mEq/kg diet) on heat production, energy and nitrogen retention in piglets was assessed. The experiment consisted of a 13-day adaptation period and a 7-day balance period in two open-circuit climate respiration chambers. Nine groups of three (4 weeks old) crossbred barrows were assigned to one of two diets (five and four groups for –135 and 145 mEq/kg dEB diets respectively). During the balance period, diets were provided at 2·3 times the energy requirement for maintenance in two equal meals daily. Total heat production for each group was determined every 9 minutes from the exchange of CO2 and O2. Faeces and urine mixture was quantitatively collected during the balance period to measure energy and nitrogen balance. Total heat production and metabolizable energy costs for maintenance tended (P 0·10) to be higher in the 145 mEq/kg dEB group (681 and 443 kJ/kg0·75 per day respectively) than in the –135 mEq/kg dEB group (660 and 412 kJ/kg0·75 per day respectively). Differences in total heat production between the two dEB groups mainly occurred in the daytime (light period), when significance level was P 0·01. The respiratory quotient and energy retention as fat were numerically (but not statistically significantly) lower in the 145 mEq/kg dEB group compared with –135 mEq/kg dEB. In conclusion, energy balances were similar for both treatments. However in the daytime (light period), piglets needed more energy for maintenance after ingesting a diet with a dEB level of 145 mEq/kg compared to a diet with a dEB level of –135 mEq/kg at a restricted feeding level.

Energy requirements for maintenance and growth of captive harbour seals, Phoca vitulina

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Hedlund Markussen ◽  
Morten Ryg ◽  
Nils Are Øritsland
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Phoca Vitulina ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Maintenance Requirement ◽  
Harbour Seals ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Gross Energy ◽  
Ad Libitum

Four captive harbour seals were fed with herring both at restricted and at ad libitum levels during 1985 to 1988. The maintenance requirement, calculated from the x-intercept of the regression, was 194 ± 71 kcal∙kg body weight−0.75∙day−1. Assuming that metabolizable energy is 82.8% of gross energy, the maintenance requirement is 161 kcal∙kg body weight−0.75∙day−1. There was no significant difference in maintenance requirement between individuals or between age classes, and neither was there any significant difference between seasons. The gross energy requirement of growth was 909 kcal/100 g.

Effect of energy intake on protein and energy metabolism of boars of high genetic potential for lean growth

1991 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 499-507 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. S. Rao ◽  
K. J. McCracken
Keyword(s):  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
Live Weight ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Liquid Form ◽  
Protein Deposition ◽  
Genetic Potential

ABSTRACTTwo experiments were conducted each using one batch of six Landrace littermate, entire male, pedigree pigs in a Latin-square change-over study of the effects of energy intake on nitrogen and energy metabolism over the range 33 to 88 kg live weight. One animal from each litter was slaughtered at 33 kg body weight to obtain initial body composition data. Five feeding levels (80, 100, 120, 140 and 160g/kg M0·63) were used during five consecutive metabolism trials each of 11-days duration, excreta being collected during the last 7 days. The pigs were housed in individual metabolism cages and the diets were offered in liquid form (approx. 300 g dry matter (DM) per kg) twice daily at 09.00 and 16.00 h. Heat production was measured for 1 day during each balance period in an open-circuit respiration chamber. The average daily gain, nitrogen retention, heat production and energy retention increased linearly (P < 0·001) with increasing metabolizable energy (ME) intake. The relationship between energy intake and protein deposition was linear up to levels above the normal ad libitum consumption of energy. Protein deposition potential of these high genetic potential pigs was at least 200 g/day, and tended to be constant between 35 and 85 kg live weight. From the combined results of experiments 1 and 2, the energy requirement for maintenance was 0·982 MJ ME per kg M0·63 per day and the decrease in protein deposition was approximately 6 g/MJ reduction in ME within the range of practical energy intakes.

scholarly journals Resting heat production in Bos indicus and their F1 crosses with exotic breeds at a thermoneutral environment

1985 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khub Singh ◽  
N. K. Bhattacharyya
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Ambient Temperature ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Brown Swiss ◽  
Post Feeding ◽  
Genetic Groups ◽  
Holstein Friesian

1. Resting heat production, 18 h post-feeding, was studied in Hariana cattle (Bos indicus; Zebu) and in their F1 crosses with Jersey, Brown Swiss and Holstein Friesian, at 18.5° ambient temperature in a psychrometric chamber at different ages.2. There was no significant change in the resting heat production on a per kg body-weight (W)0.75 per 24 h basis from 16–19 to 37–40 months of age in any of the genetic groups. The daily resting heat production, however, increased with increases in body-weight and age.3. The resting heat production in all three F1 crosses was higher than that in Hariana cattle. Among the crosses, the resting heat production was highest in the Holstein Friesian x Hariana and lowest in the Jersey x Hariana.4. Metabolizable energy (ME) intake per 24 h was significantly different between genetic groups and in different age groups. However, ME intake per kg W0.75 was not significantly different between genetic groups.

Relative growth of incisor arcade breadth and eating rate in cattle and sheep

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Taylor ◽  
J. I. Murray ◽  
A. W. Illius
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Normal Growth ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Eating Rate ◽  
Allometric Relationship ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Adult Body ◽  
Adult Body Weight ◽  
Degree Of Maturity ◽  
Cattle And Sheep

ABSTRACTMaximum eating rate, rmax in kj metabolizable energy per min, at a given body weight W kg, can be predicted in normally growing cattle when adult body weight, A kg, is known, by the formula of Taylor and Murray (1987) as rmax = 31μ0·86 A0·73 where u = W/A is degree of maturity in body weight. When the pattern of normal growth is disturbed by fluctuating levels of food intake, a better prediction can be obtained in terms of incisor arcade breadth. This paper gives the allometric relationship between degree of maturity in body weight, u, and degree of maturity in incisor arcade breadth uD, fo r both cattle and sheep, as uD = u0·29.Combining this allometric relationship with that of Illius and Gordon (1987) gives the following formula for incisor arcade breadth, Du(mm), in the rth species at age, t, in relation to degree of maturity in body weight, uit, and adult body weight, Aikg): Dit = 7·8 uit0·29Ai0·36. Substituting uD and adult arcade breadth, Dadult, for u and A in the formula of Taylor and Murray (1987) gives the following more robust formula for predicting maximum eating rate, namely, rmax = 0·53 u3DD2adut.

A comparative evaluation of functions for the analysis of growth in male broilers

2003 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 451-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. DARMANI KUHI ◽  
E. KEBREAB ◽  
S. LOPEZ ◽  
J. FRANCE
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Fixed Point ◽  
Energy Intake ◽  
Body Weight Gain ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Diminishing Returns ◽  
Metabolizable Energy Intake ◽  
The Relationship

Data from six studies with male broilers fed diets covering a wide range of energy and protein were used in the current two analyses. In the first analysis, five models, specifically re-parameterized for analysing energy balance data, were evaluated for their ability to determine metabolizable energy intake at maintenance and efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy intake for producing gain. In addition to the straight line, two types of functional form were used. They were forms describing (i) diminishing returns behaviour (monomolecular and rectangular hyperbola) and (ii) sigmoidal behaviour with a fixed point of inflection (Gompertz and logistic). These models determined metabolizable energy requirement for maintenance to be in the range 437–573 kJ/kg of body weight/day depending on the model. The values determined for average net energy requirement for body weight gain varied from 7·9 to 11·2 kJ/g of body weight. These values show good agreement with previous studies. In the second analysis, three types of function were assessed as candidates for describing the relationship between body weight and cumulative metabolizable energy intake. The functions used were: (a) monomolecular (diminishing returns behaviour), (b) Gompertz (smooth sigmoidal behaviour with a fixed point of inflection) and (c) Lopez, France and Richards (diminishing returns and sigmoidal behaviour with a variable point of inflection). The results of this analysis demonstrated that equations capable of mimicking the law of diminishing returns describe accurately the relationship between body weight and cumulative metabolizable energy intake in broilers.

scholarly journals The effects of physical exercise on metabolic rate and dietary-induced thermogenesis

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gleeson ◽  
J. F. Brown ◽  
J. J. Waring ◽  
M. J. Stock
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Energy Expenditure ◽  
Physical Exercise ◽  
Metabolic Rate ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Resting Metabolic Rate ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Physical Work ◽  
Similar Body

1. The energy metabolism of ad lib.-fed adult male Wistar rats receiving daily running exercise (0·9 km/d; 8° incline) on a motor-driven treadmill, over a period of 56 d, was compared with that of sedentary ad lib.-fed rats and sedentary restricted-fed rats of similar body-weight (approximately 420 g).2. The metabolizable energy of the diet (Oxoid 41B) was 11·44 ± 0·05 kJ/g. This value was not affected by restricted feeding (70% ad lib.), exercise training or exercise itself.3. Exercise-trained rats ate 5% more food than the sedentary ad lib.-fed rats but their equilibrium body-weight was 60 g lower than that of the latter group.4. Resting metabolic rate, measured over 22 h in a respiration chamber was increased by 10% in exercise-trained animals.5. Feeding increased energy expenditure (dietary-induced thermogenesis) and this effect was potentiated by performance of an exercise task.6. Exercise-trained rats exhibited anticipatory rises in energy expenditure (approximately 40%) when placed on a stationary treadmill.7. Treadmill work increased energy expenditure by a factor of 1·9–2·4.8. The energy cost of the exercise, determined by respiration calorimetry was 66–80 J/g per km. These energy costs did not account for all the differences observed in food energy consumption of exercise-trained and sedentary rats of equal body-weight.9. It is concluded that regular physical exercise increases energy expenditure by factors additional to the energy requirement directly related to the physical work. These factors include an increased resting metabolic rale in exercise-trained rats, increased dietary thermogenesis induced by exercise and anticipatory increases in energy metabolism during the period preceding exercise.

EFFECTS OF CROSSBREEDING AND SEX ON ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AND UTILIZATION BY YOUNG PIGS

1972 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. D. SHARMA ◽  
L. G. YOUNG ◽  
G. C. SMITH ◽  
R. SAISON
Keyword(s):  
Heat Production ◽  
Energy Requirement ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Metabolizable Energy ◽  
Energetic Efficiency ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Feeding Experiment ◽  
Energy Status ◽  
Breeding Groups ◽  
Fasting Heat Production

The influence of crossbreeding and sex on digestible (DE) and metabolizable (ME) energy values, fasting heat production (FHP), energy requirement for maintenance and growth, and on the efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy in young weanling pigs, was investigated by employing a comparative slaughter technique. The pigs obtained by insemination of Yorkshire sows with pooled semen (equal number of sperms) from purebred Yorkshire and Hampshire boars, were identified for genotype by blood-group typing. A total of 37 pigs was used in this study, of which 9 pigs selected at random were killed to provide the initial body composition and energy status of pigs in the feeding experiment. The remaining 28 pigs (16 purebred: 8 male and 8 female; and 12 crossbred: 6 male and 6 female) were allotted at random to a feeding experiment of a randomized complete block design involving a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement (purebred vs. crossbred, male vs. female, and level of dietary energy input: 130 and 330 kcal ME/Wkg0.75 daily). One metabolism trial with each pig individually kept in a crate was conducted during the 4th week of the 40-day feeding period. The coefficients of DE and ME were 89.2 and 84.2%, respectively, and were not influenced by sex or genotype. An interaction was observed in the estimates of the fasting heat production and energy requirement for maintenance. Purebred Yorkshire males had a greater fasting heat production than Hampshire × Yorkshire males, whereas females of the two breeding groups had similar values. The apparent efficiency of utilization of ME was 76% and the net efficiency of utilization of ME available above maintenance was 66%. The energetic efficiency and the net energy value of the diet were similar for both breeding groups and sex. The mechanism of rapid gains due to crossbreeding was investigated.

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