Stimulating effects of a diet negative in dietary cation-anion difference on calcium absorption from the rumen in sheep.

Autor: Wilkens, M.R., Praechter, C., Breves, G., Schröder, B.
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Zdroj: Journal of Animal Physiology & Animal Nutrition; Feb2016, Vol. 100 Issue 1, p156-166, 11p
Abstrakt: The concept of feeding anionic salts in late gestation is widely used to prevent milk fever in dairy cows. While the effects of these diets on renal Ca excretion and tissue responsiveness towards parathyroid hormone have clearly been demonstrated, data on a potential impact on gastrointestinal Ca absorption are conflicting. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the influence of feeding a diet negative in dietary cation-anion difference ( DCAD) on ruminal mineral concentrations, fermentation products, electrophysiological properties of rumen epithelia and Ca flux rates. For this purpose, sheep were kept for 3 weeks on diets that were either positive or negative in DCAD. The induction of a compensated hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis could be demonstrated by increased plasma Cl and enhanced concentrations of ionised Ca, while plasma concentrations of [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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