Concentrate containing calcium salts of fatty acids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids can change rumen fermentation in grazing goats / Concentrado contendo sais de cálcio ricos em ácidos graxos poli-insaturados altera a fermentação ruminal de cabras na pastagem

Feeding goats with calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFA) can supply ruminants with lipids, with minimal effects on ruminal fermentation and fiber digestibility. However, there is a shortage of information on the effect of CSFA on characteristics of rumen fermentation in grassland goats. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the addition of CSFA to concentrate on the parameters of rumen fermentation of grazing goats. Five rumen cannulated goats were distributed in a Latin square 5x5 design (treatments: 0%, 1.5%, 3.0%, 4.5% and 6.0% CSFA. The pH, ammonia N and volatile fatty acids (VFA) content were analyzed in the ruminal fluid at 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours after concentrate supplementation. The pH and ammonia N concentration showed a linear effect with the addition of CSFA. There was no effect observed for the VFA molar concentration after grazing goats were fed with the experimental diet. In conclusion, further research is needed to investigate the addition of CSFA to goat diets because there is evidence that CSFA increases ruminal pH and decreases excess ruminal ammonia without changing the VFA concentration in the rumen fluid.(AU)

Alimentar cabras com sais de cálcio de ácidos graxos (SCAG) pode fornecer aos ruminantes lipídios, com efeitos mínimos na fermentação ruminal e digestibilidade das fibras. No entanto, há escassez de informações sobre o efeito da SCAG sobre as características da fermentação do rúmen em cabras de pastagem. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a adição de SCAG no concentrado de cabras na passagem sob nos parâmetros de fermentação ruminal. Cinco cabras canuladas do rúmen foram distribuídas em um quadrado latino 5x5 (tratamentos: 0%, 1,5%, 3,0%, 4,5% ou 6,0% de SCAG). O pH, N-amoniacal e ácidos graxos voláteis (AGV) foram analisado no liquido ruminal coletado às 0, 2, 4, 6 e 8 horas após a suplementação com concentrado. As concentrações de pH e N-amoniacal mostraram um efeito linear com a adição de SCAG. Não houve efeito observado para a concentração molar de AGV quando as cabras foram alimentadas com a dieta experimental. Em conclusão, são necessárias mais pesquisas para investigar a adição de SCAG às dietas de cabra, porque há evidências de que o SCAG aumenta o pH ruminal e diminui o excesso de amônia ruminal sem alterar a concentração de AGV no liquido ruminal.(AU)

Application of n-dodecane as an oxygen vector to enhance the activity of fumarase in recombinant Escherichia coli: role of intracellular microenvironment

The effect of the intracellular microenvironment in the presence of an oxygen vector during expression of a fusion protein in Escherichia coli was studied. Three organic solutions at different concentration were chosen as oxygen vectors for fumarase expression. The addition of n-dodecane did not induce a significant change in the expression of fumarase, while the activity of fumarase increased significantly to 124% at 2.5% n-dodecane added after 9 h induction. The concentration of ATP increased sharply during the first 6 h of induction, to a value 7600% higher than that in the absence of an oxygen-vector. NAD/NADH and NADP/NADPH ratios were positively correlated with fumarase activity. n-Dodecane can be used to increase the concentration of ATP and change the energy metabolic pathway, providing sufficient energy for fumarase folding.(AU)

Concentrate containing calcium salts of fatty acids rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids can change rumen fermentation in grazing goats / Concentrado contendo sais de cálcio ricos em ácidos graxos poli-insaturados altera a fermentação ruminal de cabras na pastagem

Feeding goats with calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFA) can supply ruminants with lipids, with minimal effects on ruminal fermentation and fiber digestibility. However, there is a shortage of information on the effect of CSFA on characteristics of rumen fermentation in grassland goats. Thus, the present study aimed to assess the addition of CSFA to concentrate on the parameters of rumen fermentation of grazing goats. Five rumen cannulated goats were distributed in a Latin square 5x5 design (treatments: 0%, 1.5%, 3.0%, 4.5% and 6.0% CSFA. The pH, ammonia N and volatile fatty acids (VFA) content were analyzed in the ruminal fluid at 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 hours after concentrate supplementation. The pH and ammonia N concentration showed a linear effect with the addition of CSFA. There was no effect observed for the VFA molar concentration after grazing goats were fed with the experimental diet. In conclusion, further research is needed to investigate the addition of CSFA to goat diets because there is evidence that CSFA increases ruminal pH and decreases excess ruminal ammonia without changing the VFA concentration in the rumen fluid.

Alimentar cabras com sais de cálcio de ácidos graxos (SCAG) pode fornecer aos ruminantes lipídios, com efeitos mínimos na fermentação ruminal e digestibilidade das fibras. No entanto, há escassez de informações sobre o efeito da SCAG sobre as características da fermentação do rúmen em cabras de pastagem. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar a adição de SCAG no concentrado de cabras na passagem sob nos parâmetros de fermentação ruminal. Cinco cabras canuladas do rúmen foram distribuídas em um quadrado latino 5x5 (tratamentos: 0%, 1,5%, 3,0%, 4,5% ou 6,0% de SCAG). O pH, N-amoniacal e ácidos graxos voláteis (AGV) foram analisado no liquido ruminal coletado às 0, 2, 4, 6 e 8 horas após a suplementação com concentrado. As concentrações de pH e N-amoniacal mostraram um efeito linear com a adição de SCAG. Não houve efeito observado para a concentração molar de AGV quando as cabras foram alimentadas com a dieta experimental. Em conclusão, são necessárias mais pesquisas para investigar a adição de SCAG às dietas de cabra, porque há evidências de que o SCAG aumenta o pH ruminal e diminui o excesso de amônia ruminal sem alterar a concentração de AGV no liquido ruminal.