Proteína degradável no rúmen na dieta de bovinos: digestibilidades total e parcial dos nutrientes e parâmetros ruminais

Abstract

RESUMO -Quatro novilhos da raça Holandesa (450 kg) portadores de cânula ruminal e duodenal, recebendo dietas com níveis de proteína degradável no rúmen (PDR) de 50, 60, 65 e 70%, associadas a uma fonte de amido de alta degradabilidade ruminal (farinha de varredura de mandioca), foram distribuídos em quadrado latino 4 × 4 para se avaliarem as digestibilidades total e parcial dos nutrientes, a concentração de amônia e o pH ruminal. Foi utilizada, como indicador do fluxo duodenal e fecal, a cinza insolúvel em ácido. Não foi observado efeito do nível de PDR sobre o coeficiente de digestibilidade total, digestibilidade ruminal e digestibilidade intestinal da matéria seca, matéria orgânica, fibra em detergente neutro, carboidratos não-estruturais e energia bruta. O aumento do nível de PDR na dieta elevou o coeficiente de digestibilidade total e ruminal da proteína bruta e reduziu a digestibilidade intestinal desse nutriente como porcentagem do digerido. Não houve efeito dos níveis de PDR no pH ruminal, no entanto, maior concentração ruminal de amônia foi observada para as dietas com maior teor de PDR. Os resultados obtidos indicaram que o aumento no teor de PDR acarretou maior produção de nitrogênio na forma de amônia, independentemente da presença da fonte de amido de alta degradabilidade ruminal, contudo, o aporte de proteína intestinal foi semelhante para todas as dietas.Palavras-chave: farinha de peixe, farinha de varredura de mandioca, novilhos, uréia Rumen degradable protein on bovine diet: total and partial nutrient digestibility and ruminal parameters ABSTRACT -Four ruminally and duodenally cannulated Holstein steers (450 kg) were fed diets with rumen degradable protein (RDP) levels of 50.0 60.0 65.0 and 70.0% associated with a high ruminal degradability starch (cassava by-product meal) were allotted to a 4 × 4 Latin square design for the evaluation of total and partial digestibility of the nutrients, ruminal ammonia concentration and pH. The acid insoluble ash was used as a marker of the duodenal and fecal flow. No effects were observed on the level of RDP on total digestibility coefficient, ruminal digestibility and intestinal digestibility coefficients of dry matter, organic matter, crude protein, neutral detergent fiber, non structural carbohydrates and gross energy. The increase of the RDP levels in the diet increased the coefficients of total and ruminal digestibility of crude protein and reduced the intestinal digestibility of this nutrient as a percentage of the digested. There was no effect of RDP levels on the ruminal pH, however, higher ammonia concentration was observed for the diets with higher level of RDP. The results indicated that the increase in the level of PDR cause a higher production of nitrogen in the ammonia form, independently of the presence of the source of high ruminal degradability starch, however the contribution of intestinal protein was similar for all the diets. Key Words: cassava by-product meal, fish meal, steers, urea IntroduçãoA disponibilidade de aminoácidos para absorção ...

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