The effect of monensin on rumen fermentation in sheep fed on all-roughage and barley/roughage diets

Baran, M.; Bodă, K; Siroka, P.

doi:10.1016/0377-8401(86)90033-7

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“…(BARAN et al, 1986a(BARAN et al, , 1986b(BARAN et al, , 1987. All these results are summarized by BARAN (1999).…”

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“…However, when comparing the effect of monensin on wether rations we obtained the best results in rations 13-14, where the ratio of hay and concentrates was 50:50. An increase in fermentation efficiency in wether rations with addition of monensin is associated with an increase in the gross efficiency of feed conversion, which is highest in ration 14 (BARAN et al, 1986a) and also with a high molar % of propionic acid ( Table 2). The increase in propionic acid or change in the molar proportion of VFA in favour of propionate, are typical effects of monensin on rumen fermentation (RICHARDSON et al, 1976;CHALUPA et al, 198O,;HORTON et al, 1983;BARAN et al, 1986a).…”

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“…An increase in fermentation efficiency in wether rations with addition of monensin is associated with an increase in the gross efficiency of feed conversion, which is highest in ration 14 (BARAN et al, 1986a) and also with a high molar % of propionic acid ( Table 2). The increase in propionic acid or change in the molar proportion of VFA in favour of propionate, are typical effects of monensin on rumen fermentation (RICHARDSON et al, 1976;CHALUPA et al, 198O,;HORTON et al, 1983;BARAN et al, 1986a). This favourable effect of monensin was more increased in adult wethers than in growing lambs, when monensin influenced favourably the rumen efficiency, but had no effect on lamb production parameters.…”

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“…This favourable effect of monensin was more increased in adult wethers than in growing lambs, when monensin influenced favourably the rumen efficiency, but had no effect on lamb production parameters. Average daily gains and feed conversion in lambs were higher or better in rations with monensin but they were not significant (BARAN et al, 1986a). The advantages of energy efficiency methods of ORSKOV et al (1968) and CZERKAWSKI (1986) are described in their original papers.…”

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Effect of monensin sodium on fermentation efficiency in sheep rumen (short communication)

Baran

Žitňan

2002

Arch. Anim. Breed.

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Effect of monensin sodium on fermentation efficiency in sheep rumen (short communication) SummaryThe efficiency of rumen fermentation was studied in lambs and wethers using 14 experimental rations with and without monensin sodium. The 7 pairs of rations (the first a control diet, the second a monensin treated one) consisted of hay and concentrate at ratios of 60:40, 40:60, 100:0, 50:50 (lambs), 100:0, 75:25 and 50:50 (wethers), respectively. The molar % of acetic, propionic, butyric and valeric acids were taken into stoichiometric calculations of rumen fermentation. In most of the rations monensin increased rumen fermentation efficiency. Of all lamb and wether rations the highest efficiency was recorded in the monensin treated ones consisting of 40% hay and 60% concentrates and 50% hay and 50% concentrates, respectively. The high fermentation efficiency was probably due to the lowest methane production observed with these rations. This means that monensin increased the amount of metabolizable energy by decreasing methane energy losses. The increase in fermentation efficiency is associated with a high production of propionic acid and in wethers also with an increase in the gross efficiency of feed conversion.

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“…(BARAN et al, 1986a(BARAN et al, , 1986b(BARAN et al, , 1987. All these results are summarized by BARAN (1999).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Effect of monensin sodium on fermentation efficiency in sheep rumen (short communication)

Baran

Žitňan

2002

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“…Despite the considerable importance of providing optimum levels of monensin, there is no definitive recommendation for the inclusion of this additive in lamb diets. The initial studies evaluating doses of monensin for lambs demonstrated that the use of lower doses, between 5 and 11 mg kg -1 in a DM diet, were able to improve rumen fermentation (Baran et al, 1986), decrease the coccidian oocyst (Calhoun et al, 1979) and increase energy retention and growth performance of lambs (Nockels et al, 1978;Joyner et al, 1979). In the 1990s most of the studies used doses above 25 mg of monensin kg -1 in the DM diet and this dosage showed inefficient action in a number of experiments (Gonzalez-Momita et al, 2009;Ítavo et al, 2011).…”

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Low doses of monensin for lambs fed diets containing high level of ground flint corn

Polizel

Martins

Miszura

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Sci. agric. (Piracicaba, Braz.)

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Two experiments were proposed to evaluate the addition of monensin for lambs fed diets containing a high level of mature ground flint corn. The experimental diets were as follows: no inclusion of monensin (M0) and inclusion of 8 (M8), 16 (M16) and 24 mg kg-1 of monensin (M24). In experiment 1, eight cannulated wethers were divided into a double 4 × 4 Latin square experimental design to evaluate nutrient digestibility, plasma parameters and rumen fermentation. The experiment lasted 112 days, divided into four periods of 28 days each. In experiment 2, ninety-two lambs were used in a randomized block design to evaluate the performance over 56 days. In experiment 1, doses of monensin had no effect on nutrient intake (p ≥ 0.07) and digestibility (p ≥ 0.09). There was a quadratic effect for acetate molar proportion (p = 0.01), acetate to propionate ratio (p = 0.04) and rumen pH (p < 0.01). However, there was no effect on the molar proportion of propionate and butyrate. The monensin decreased linearly the total SCFA concentration (p < 0.01). The inclusion of monensin increased glucose (p < 0.01) and decreased lactate concentration in plasma (p = 0.05). In experiment 2, monensin decreased dry matter intake (p = 0.04). However, there was a quadratic effect for average daily gain (p = 0.03) and feed efficiency (p < 0.01), with the greatest values observed for the M8 diet. Thus, the inclusion of 8 mg kg-1 of dry matter diet (DM) improves ruminal fermentation and plasma parameters, resulting in greater growth performance in lambs.

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Treatment with different chemicals and their effects on the digestibility of maize stalks. 2. Intake and in vivo digestibility as affected by chemical treatment and monensin supplementation

Fahmy¹,

Klopfenstein²

1994

Animal Feed Science and Technology

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The effect of monensin on rumen fermentation in sheep fed on all-roughage and barley/roughage diets

Cited by 9 publications

References 15 publications

Effect of monensin sodium on fermentation efficiency in sheep rumen (short communication)

Effect of monensin sodium on fermentation efficiency in sheep rumen (short communication)

Low doses of monensin for lambs fed diets containing high level of ground flint corn

Treatment with different chemicals and their effects on the digestibility of maize stalks. 2. Intake and in vivo digestibility as affected by chemical treatment and monensin supplementation

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