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The use of markers to measure digesta flow from the stomach of sheep fed once daily

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

G. J. Faichney
G. J. Faichney
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Production, C.S.I.R.O., Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 239, Blacktown, N.S.W., 2148, Australia
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Summary

Two methods for calculating the flow of digesta and its constituents from the concentrations of two markers, 51Cr-labelled chromium EDTA (51Cr-EDTA) and 103Ru-labelled ruthenium phenanthroline (103Ru-P), and digesta composition were compared in fistulated sheep fed once daily and in other fistulated sheep fed continuously. One method uses the marker concentrations to calculate the flow of whole digesta directly (double-marker) whereas the other uses the markers to calculate separately the flow of fluid and non-filtrable particles, the sum of which is digesta flow (two-marker).

When feed was given continuously, flow values calculated using the double-marker method and the two-marker method, which requires a correction to be made for nonideal behaviour of 51Cr-EDTA, did not differ. When feed was given once daily, the double-marker method consistently overestimated flow relative to the corrected twomarker method but the differences were extremely small (less than 0-8% for digesta flow and 0-5% for nitrogen flow). 51Cr-EDTA as a single marker slightly overestimated digesta flow (up to 2·3%) but grossly overestimated nitrogen flow (up to 22·5%); 103Ru-P as a single marker grossly underestimated both digesta flow (up to 30·5 %) and nitrogen flow (up to 23·1%).

It was concluded that the double-marker method is to be preferred when the diet is given continuously or frequently at fixed intervals. When the diet is given once daily, the two- and double-marker methods can be expected to give similar values. Single markers should not be used for estimating the flow of digesta and its constituents when samples are taken from a simple cannula.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 313 - 318
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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