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PSX-13 Effects of supplementing sugar-based byproducts on ingestive behavior and ruminal fermentation parameters in small ruminants

2020; Oxford University Press; Volume: 98; Issue: Supplement_4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/jas/skaa278.799

1544-7847

Marina Almeida, Marcelo de Andrade Ferreira, João Paulo Ismério Monnerat dos Santos, João Vitor Fernandes Clemente, Maria Gabriela da Conceição, Rodrigo Barbosa de Andrade, Edwilka Oliveira Cavalcante, Eduardo Henrique Araújo Cordeiro, Dijaina Ferreira da Silva, Luiz Wilker Lopes da Silva, Michelle Christina Bernardo de Siqueira, Agni Martins Nunes Corrêa, Antônia Sherlânea Chaves Véras,

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Abstract A duplicated 4 × 4 Latin square design evaluated the effects of replacing ground corn grain (GCG) by sugar-based byproducts plus corn gluten feed (SBB-CGF) on ingestive behavior and ruminal fermentation parameters in small ruminants. Four ruminally cannulated wether sheep and four wether goats (72 and 65 ± 2.3 kg BW, respectively) were individually allocated to 8 pens, over 4 periods of 19-d each (12 d adaptation plus 7 d of sample collection) to receive a diet containing 50% roughage (bermudagrass hay; Cynodon sp.) and 50% concentrate (80% GCG, 16% soybean meal, and 4% premix) with 4 levels of inclusion of SBB-CGF in replacement of GCG (0, 33, 66, and 100%, DM basis). Corn gluten feed was used with SBB to maintain the diets isonitrogenous. Ruminal fluid was collected at 0, 2, 4, and 6 h after the morning feeding, whereas ingestive behavior was assessed on the d 12 of each period for 24 h. Resting time linearly increased with greater inclusion levels of SBB-GCF (P = 0.04; 15.6, 15.7, 16.0, 16.8 h/d). Rumination time was greater (P = 0.001), whereas resting time was lower (P = 0.002) for wether sheep vs. goats (6.5 vs. 4.3 h/d and 15 vs. 17 h/d, respectively). Ruminal concentrations of ammonia-N (P = 0.05; 13.3, 13.2, 10.4, and 10.4 mg dL-1), acetate (P = 0.001; 58.9, 49.6, 48.5, and 43.1 mM), and acetate:propionate ratio (P < 0.001; 3.6, 2.4, 2.0, and 1.9 mM) linearly decreased, whereas propionate concentrations (P = 0.01; 17.9, 23.0, 30.6, and 28.8 mM) linearly increased with greater levels of SBB-GCF in the diet. In conclusion, sugar-based byproducts plus corn gluten feed can replace ground corn grain up to 100% in the diets of goats and sheep consuming a 50:50 roughage:concentrate diet without compromising the ingestive behavior and ruminal fermentation parameters.