EFFECTS OF AN ABRUPT DIET CHANGE FROM HAY TO CONCENTRATE ON MICROBIAL NUMBERS AND PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENT IN THE CECUM OF THE PONY
EFFECTS OF AN ABRUPT DIET CHANGE FROM HAY TO CONCENTRATE ON MICROBIAL NUMBERS AND PHYSICAL-ENVIRONMENT IN THE CECUM OF THE PONY
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.54.8.1946-1950.1988
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发表时间:
1988-08-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
DEHORITY, BA
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作者:
GOODSON, J;TYZNIK, WJ;DEHORITY, BA
Microbial numbers, pH, fluid volume, and turnover rate in the pony cecum were measured during an abrupt change from an all-forage to an all-concentrate diet, both fed at maintenance energy levels. Concentrate feeding resulted in increased (P < 0.01) numbers of total viable anaerobic bacteria. The numbers of organisms growing on selective starch medium increased (P < 0.01) when concentrate was fed, while numbers on xylan and pectin media decreased (P < 0.025). Seven days after the diet change to concentrate, the number of bacteria growing on lactate medium increased (P < 0.01), followed by a gradual decline. Cellulolytic bacteria occurred in low numbers, ranging from 1.1 .times. 104 to 4.4 .times. 104 per g of cecal contents. Feeding all concentrate decreased both the number of genera (P < 0.01) and total protozoan numbers (P < 0.01) in the cecum. Minimum cecal pH values of 6.4 and 5.8 were obtained when forage and concentrate, respectively, were fed, with the minimum pH occurring 6 h postfeeding. Dry-matter percentage of cecal contents followed a diurnal pattern which was the inverse of the pH curve. During forage feeding, the cecum contained an average of 2.2 liters (1.6 to 3.4 liters), which turned over 3.9 times per day. When concentrate was fed, cecal volume averaged 3.9 liters (0.6 to 8.6 liters), with a mean liquid turnover of 4.2 times per day. Microbial numbers and pH changes in the pony cecum associated with an abrupt change in diet from hay to concentrate resembled those which occur in the rumen under similar feeding conditions.