Estudo da eficiência do calcário calcítico, do carbonato de cálcio e do óxido de magnésio no controle do ph ruminal

Resumo

The experiment was carried out in the Animal Production Department of the Veterinary School (Goiás Federal University), in order to study the behavior of ruminal pH, blood levels of glucose and urea. Sixteen male Santa Inês sheep were distribuled individually in metabolic crates, equiped with waterer and feeder, for forage and concentrate. The treatments were four isoproteic and isoenergetic concentrates containing 16% of crude protein, and 3,300 Kcal of digestible energy with levels of 0% in control diet, 1% calcitic limestone, 1% calcium carbonate and 1% of magnesium oxide. The experiment was designed in a completely randomized split-splot model in a period of nine days, seven days for adaptation and two for collection, with four treatments and four replicates of one animal each constitution. The averages of the treatments were compared by the Scott-Knott´s test. The pH of the ruminal fluid at zero hour after a concentrate intake, for treatments were 7.65; 7.88; 7.32 and 7.66 and for four hours 6.42; 6.65; 7.56 and 6.56 respectively. The average levels of urea for zero hour were 24.83; 26.86; 21.96 and 28.53 mg/100 mL and for four hours were 27.20; 28.99; 23.65 and 48.07 mg/100 mL, respectively for all treatments. The average values of blood glucose for zero hour were 67.07, 65.08; 60.51 and 62.22 mg/ 100 mL and for four hours were 74.49; 65.85; 70.70 and 66.51 mg/100 mL, respectively. The calcium carbonate was the most efficient for the ruminal pH control, four hours after a concentrate intake.

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Palavras-chave

Concentrados, Dietas, Produção de saliva, Proteína bruta, Tamponante, Concentrates, Crude protein, Diet, Saliva output

Citação

OLIVEIRA, Euclides Reuter de; DIAS, Darci silva de Oliveira; FERREIRA, Reginaldo Nassar; ACYPRESTE, Cléverson Santos; VIEIRA, Dirson; DIAS, Miguel Joaquim. Estudo da eficiência do calcário calcítico, do carbonato de cálcio e do óxido de magnésio no controle do ph ruminal. Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 4, n. 1, p. 25-32, jan./jun. 2003. Disponível em: <https://www.revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/299/267>.