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Effect of intake on fasting heat production, respiratory quotient and plasma metabolites measured using the washed rumen technique

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2014

D. H. Kim ,
K. R. McLeod ,
A. F. Koontz ,
A. P. Foote ,
J. L. Klotz  and
D. L. Harmon
D. H. Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
K. R. McLeod
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
A. F. Koontz
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
A. P. Foote
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
J. L. Klotz
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS, Forage-Animal Production Research Unit, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
D. L. Harmon*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546, USA
*
†E-mail: dharmon@uky.edu
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Abstract

The objective was to investigate the effect of intake before fasting on concentrations of metabolites and hormones, respiratory quotient (RQ) and fasting heat production (HP) using the washed rumen technique and to compare these values with those from the fed state. Six Holstein steers (360±22 kg) were maintained at 21°C and fed three different energy intakes within a replicated 3×3 Latin square design with 21-day periods. Steers were fed alfalfa cubes to provide 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0×NEm during 19 days of each experimental period. Steers were placed in individual metabolism stalls fitted with indirect calorimetry head-boxes on day 20 of each experimental period (FED steers) and fed their normal meal. On day 21 of each period the reticulorumen was emptied, washed and refilled with ruminal buffer (NaCl=96; NaHCO3=24; KHCO3=30; K2HPO4=2; CaCl2=1.5; MgCl2=1.5 mmol/kg of buffer) aerated with 75% N2 and 25% CO2 before introduction to the rumen (steers were not fed; WASHED steers). Each gas exchange was measured over 24 h. HP for 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0×NEm were 479, 597 and 714 kJ/daykg0.75 (s.e.m. =16), respectively. The plateau RQ was 0.756, 0.824 and 0.860 for the 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0×NEm intakes for the FED steers, respectively. After rumen washing, fasting HP was 331, 359 and 400 kJ/daykg0.75 (s.e.m.=13) for 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0×NEm intakes before fasting, respectively. The RQ for WASHED rumen steers was 0.717, 0.710 and 0.719, respectively. Cortisol and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations in WASHED rumen steers did not exceed threshold levels for severe energy deficit and stress as can be induced from prolonged fasting. This study demonstrates that a fasting state can be emulated using the washed rumen technique, minimizing the time required as opposed to traditional fasting methodologies, without causing a severe energy deficit and stress.

Keywords

intakefasting heat productionrespiratory quotientruminant
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animal , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 58 - 66
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© The Animal Consortium 2014 

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