Quin's oval and other microbiota in the rumens of molasses-fed sheep.

AUTOR(ES)

Vicini, J L

RESUMO

Two rumen-cannulated wether sheep were fed a diet containing 1 kg of a liquid-molasses mixture, 80 g of soybean oil meal, and 100 g of chopped wheat straw once a day. In 6 weeks and thereafter, the microbiota adapted such that Quin's oval, a very large bacterium, was present in huge numbers (11.3 X 10(10) and 1.3 X 10(10) ml-1 after 73 days). Direct microscopic counts were also done on small bacteria, moderate-sized Selenomonas spp., and small Entodinium spp., which were the only protozoa seen. After the necessary dilution of rumen contents to make the microbial cells visible, Quin's ovals were seen to be much smaller in sheep 1 than in sheep 2. Most-probable-number estimates indicated that Methanobrevibacter spp. were present at 10(7) ml-1, Methanosarcina spp. were present at 10(3) ml-1, and Eubacterium limosum-like bacteria were present at 10(5) to 10(6) ml-1. In the adapted sheep, the dry portion of the diet was rapidly consumed, but the molasses mixture was consumed over a 9- to 10-h period. Volatile fatty acids in the rumen were present in very low amounts just prior to feeding and were much higher during the consumption of the diet, with about a 1:1 molar ratio of propionate to acetate between 1 and 9 h after feeding. Data were obtained on hourly feed consumption, levels of volatile fatty acids, and pH.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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