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Utilization of salts of volatile fatty acids by growing sheep

3*. Effect of frequency of feeding on the utilization of acetate and propionate by young growing lambs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

E. R. Ørskov  and
D. M. Allen
E. R. Ørskov
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
D. M. Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University of Reading
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1. The effect, on the concentration of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in the rumen, of increasing the frequency of feeding from twice daily to four or six times daily was investigated in sheep given isocaloric rations containing VFA salts. In a second experiment isocaloric rations containing acetate and propionate were given to groups of lambs in two or six equal feeds daily. The efficiency with which the lambs utilized the VFA salts was measured as gain in live weight, empty body weight and carcass weight and was compared to that of lambs receiving only the basal ration. The composition of the carcasses was estimated from that of the loin. 2. Increasing the frequency of feeding from twice daily to four or six times daily significantly reduced the marked changes in rumen VFA composition associated with giving rations containing VFA salts twice daily. In lambs receiving acetate and propionate, final live weight, empty body weight and carcass weight were significantly greater than in lambs receiving only the basal ration (P < 0.001). The combustible energy from added VFA was apparently utilized more efficiently than the calculated metabolizable energy of the basal rations given above maintenance level, and there was no difference between the utilization of acetate and propionate. 3. There were no differences approaching significance between feeding twice daily and six times daily either between groups of lambs receiving only the basal diet or between those given the diets supplemented with VFA salts. Nor were there any interactions between VFA and frequency of feeding. 4. It is postulated that in ruminants the effect of frequency of feeding depends on the environment and level of feeding.

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British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1966 , pp. 509 - 517
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Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1966

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