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Influence of foliage from African multipurpose trees on activity of rumen protozoa and bacteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

C.J Newbold ,
S. M. El Hassan ,
J Wang* ,
M.E Ortega  and
R.J Wallace
C.J Newbold
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
S. M. El Hassan
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
J Wang*
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
M.E Ortega
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
R.J Wallace
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen AB21 9SB
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Samples and extracts of foliage from African multipurpose trees were screened for their effects on rumen protozoa and bacteria with a view to predicting their safety as feed supplements and for identifying species with potential antiprotozoal activity. The species tested were Acacia aneura, Charnaecytisus palmensis, Brachychiton populneum, Flindersia maculosa, Sesbania sesban, Leucaena leucocephala and Vernonia amyedalina. Antimicrobial effects were mild except for S. sesban, which was highly toxic to rumen protozoa in vitro, and A. aneura, which was toxic to rumen bacteria. The antiprotozoal factor in S. sesban was apparently associated with the fraction of the plant containing saponins. When S. sesban was fed to sheep, protozoal numbers fell by 60 % after 4 d, but the population recovered after a further 10 d. In vitro experiments demonstrated that washed protozoa from later times were no more resistant to S. sesban than on initial exposure, suggesting that other micro-organisms, probably the bacteria, adapted to detoxify the antiprotozoal agent. Thus S. sesban may be useful in suppressing protozoa and thereby improving protein flow from the rumen, but only if the bacterial metabolism of the antiprotozoal factor can be avoided.

Keywords

RumenProtozoaDefaunation
Type
Animal Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , August 1997 , pp. 237 - 249
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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