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The efficiency of utilization of proteins contained in roughages, soya bean oil meal or mixtures of both, by sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Y. Dror ,
H. Tagari  and
A. Bondi
H. Tagari
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Agricultural Biochemistry, HebrewUniversity, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel
A. Bondi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Nutrition and Agricultural Biochemistry, HebrewUniversity, Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel
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Summary

In two feeding experiments the effects of different sources of protein on nitrogen utilization were studied. Three protein sources were examined in both experiments; (a) soya-bean oil meal; (b) lucerne hay or vetch oat hay, and (c) a mixture of soyabean oil meal and hay. The first experiment was carried out with nine adult rams and the second with twelve growing rams.

The results of N balance experiments showed clearly the superiority of the hay ration over the soya-bean meal ration. N retention when the mixed ration was given was greater than on hay alone. No parallel trend was found between the protein digestibility of any of the diets and its efficiency for N retention.

With adult sheep a negative correlation between the extent of N retention and blood urea concentration was found; this agreed with our earlier findings. No such negative correlation was found with growing animals.

The highest concentrations of the various forms of soluble N compounds such as soluble a-amino N, diffusible N and diffusible peptide N were found in the rumen liquor taken from the sheep kept on the hay diet. The lowest amounts were observed when the soya-bean oil meal diet was given and intermediate amounts with the mixed diet. These trend sappeared to be related to the NPN (non-protein nitrogen) content of the diet, but the amounts of soluble N compounds present in rumen liquor were not directly correlated with the extent of N retention.

Concentrations of VFA present in rumen liquor depended primarily on the carbohydrate composition in the diet. The type of protein ingested exerted some influence, particularly on the concentrations of caproic and iso-caproic acid. The ratios of concentrations of the individual fatty acids in blood to the concentrations of the same acids in rumen liquor were found to increase with lengthening of the fatty acid chain.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , December 1970 , pp. 381 - 392
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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