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Published on: May 2, 2018
Subacute ruminal acidosis induces ruminal lipopolysaccharide endotoxin release and triggers an inflammatory response
G N Gozho1, J C Plaizier, D O Krause
1Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2N2.
Abstract:
Subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) was induced in 3 rumen fistulated Jersey steers by offering them different combinations of wheat-barley pellets and chopped alfalfa hay. Steers were offered 4, 5, and 6 kg/d of pelleted concentrate and 6, 5, and 4 kg/d of chopped alfalfa hay for diets 1, 2, and 3, respectively, during 5-d treatment periods and were fed chopped alfalfa hay between treatment periods. Inducing SARA increased blood concentrations of haptoglobin and serum amyloid-A. Dry matter intake of concentrate and hay decreased from d 1 to 5 in each period. Subacute ruminal acidosis was induced in all steers during d 4 and 5 when concentrate was fed, with ruminal pH remaining below 5.6 for an average of 187 and 174 min/d on these days. Lipopolysaccharide concentration increased significantly during periods of grain feeding compared with times when only hay was fed. Inducing SARA by feeding wheat-barley pellets activated a systemic inflammatory response in the steers.
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