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Archives of Animal Nutrition | 1990

Probiotics in animal nutrition: a review.

M. Vanbelle; E. Teller; Michel Focant

The normal microflora colonizing the digestive tract in livestock species at five to six days after birth can be summarized as following: 400 to 500 different bacterial strains for a total count of 10(14) bacteriae. The role of the gut flora is multifarious: fermentation of feed compounds, induction of anatomical and physiological changes in the intestinal cell wall structure, increase in animal resistance against enteropathogenic bacteriae, etc. In the present review, the numerous hypotheses for explaining the beneficial effects of probiotics on zootechnical performances and also the healthy aspects for men and animals are summarized, and the possible mechanisms of bacterial attachment are enumerated. The different assumptions on mode of action and fixation mechanisms of probiotics in the gut are critically discussed, and the required characteristics of the ideal probiotic are listed. Finally, some zootechnical results obtained with lactic acid bacteria are shown for calves, piglets and broilers.


Animal Feed Science and Technology | 1990

The effect of two heat treatments (steam flaking and extrusion) on the digestion of Pisum sativum in the stomachs of heifers

Michel Focant; A. Van Hoecke; M. Vanbelle

Six Friesian heifers weighing 546 kg body weight and fitted with permanent ruminal and duodenal cannulae were used in a cross-over design to study the effect of steam flaking and extrusion of peas (Pisum sativum) on ruminal fermentation, and starch, nitrogen and amino acid flow to the duodenum. Ground (GP), steam-flaked (SFP) and extruded peas (EXP) were fed in diets composed of 39% peas, 32% dried sugar beet pulp and 25% wheat straw supplemented with vitamins and minerals. Chromic oxide, polyethylene glycol and diaminopimelic acid were used as particulate, liquid and bacterial markers, respectively. Steam flaking did not significantly affect any of the parameters studied in vivo. Extrusion of pea decreased N solubility and gelatinized starch without a negative effect on N pepsin solubility and lysine bioavailability. The total volatile fatty acid concentration was higher for EXP than for GP (98.5 and 87.3 mM l−1; P 0.05), bacterial N (104 vs. 68 g day−1; P<0.01), non-ammonia N (185 vs. 136 g day−1; P<0.001) and flow of all amino acids to the duodenum (P<0.01).


Animal Feed Science and Technology | 1986

Effects of Feeding Alkali-treated Olive Cake On Intake, Digestibility and Rumen Liquor Parameters

A. Nefzaoui; M. Vanbelle

Abstract Solvent-extracted screened olive cake (SESOC) is a very abundant lignocellulosic byproduct in the Mediterranean basin (3 million tonnes per year). It has a low digestibility (30–35% OMD) but rather high intake (100 g DM/day/W 0.75 ) among sheep. In the first experiment, SESOC was ensiled with different levels of sodium hydroxide and ammonia on a laboratory scale and chemical composition and in sacco digestibility determined. Maximum digestibility was achieved with 8% sodium hydroxide, and levels above 4% ammonia were not effective. In the second and third experiments, 4% sodium hydroxide-treated and pelleted SESOC and 2.5% ammonia-treated SESOC silage were given to sheep in order to determine the intake, digestibility, nitrogen balance and eating and ruminating behaviour. Pelleting of the untreated SESOC decreased the organic matter digestibility by about 6 percentage units, and significantly reduced the time spent eating and ruminating. Ammonia treatment increased the organic matter digestibility by 4 percentage units and the nitrogen retention by 6%. In a fourth experiment, 4 rumendashcannulated adult sheep received 4 rations (R1: hay, R2: untreated SESOC, R3: 4% NaOH-treated SESOC, R4: 2.5% ammonia-treated SESOC silage) in order to study the biochemical kinetics, protozoa counts, volume and rate of passage of the rumen liquid phase. Sodium hydroxide treatment increased rumen pH (6.89–7.02) and total volatile fatty acids (65–72 mM 1 −1 ) without any shift in the fermentation pattern. Dilution rates (0.154–0.174) were also significantly increased. Ammonia treatment increased rumen ammonia concentration by a factor of 5 and increased total volatile fatty acids concentration from 65 to 76 mM 1 −1 without any shift in the fermentation pattern or the other parameters. Neither alkali had a significant effect on protozoa counts.


Animal Feed Science and Technology | 1990

Influence of steam flaking wheat on rumen fermentations and duodenal nitrogen and amino acid flows in heifers

Michel Focant; A. Van Hoecke; M. Vanbelle

Six Friesian heifers of 491 kg body weight and fitted with permanent ruminal and duodenal cannulae were used in a cross-over design to study the effect of steam flaking of wheat on ruminal fermentations and amino acid flow at the duodenum. Dry-rolled wheat (DRW) and steam-flaked wheat (SFW) were fed in diets composed of 74% wheat and 20% wheat straw supplemented with urea, vitamins and minerals. Chromium oxide, polyethylene glycol and diaminopimelic acid were used as particulate, liquid and bacterial markers, respectively. Non-ammonia nitrogen flow to the duodenum (110.3 and 98.4 g day−1) was higher (P < 0.05) for SFW compared with DRW. Duodenal flow of essential, non-essential and total amino acids was 249 and 220, 345 and 293, and 594 and 513 g day−1 for SFW and DRW, respectively, with SFW higher (P < 0.05) than DRW.


Animal Feed Science and Technology | 1991

Effects of Dietary Date Pulp On Digestion in the Rat

Michel Focant; Marc Meurens; S. Koshroff; M. Vanbelle

On a dry matter (DM) basis, the date pulp (DP) used in our experiments was composed of 10% crude protein (CP), 2% fat and 63% total dietary fibre (TDF). The latter included 53% lignocellulose (acid detergent fibre, ADF), 38% lignin (acid detergent lignin, ADL) and 15% crude fibre (CF). The DP was considered as a source of water-insoluble fibre. Twelve male Wistar rats (3 months old, 312 g mean liveweight) were used. A semi-synthetic control diet containing 2% cellulose and a 20% dried DP diet containing 15% TDF including 5% CF, were compared. Daily feed intake was 14 g. By comparison with the control diet, the apparent digestibility of the DP diet was lower with respect to the DM (79 vs. 92%), the organic matter (OM) (82 vs. 95%) and the CP (68 vs. 85%), but was higher with respect to the CF (26 vs. 11%). The faecal bulk for the animals on the control and DP diets was 1.5 and 4.3 g day-1, respectively. Mean retention time of chromium was increased from 20 to 40 h by the DP intake. All the differences were highly significant (P < 0.001).


Grass and Forage Science | 1978

The effect of silage chop length on the voluntary intake and rumination behaviour of sheep

A. Deswysen; M. Vanbelle; M. Focant


Lait | 1978

Composition en acides gras supérieurs de quelques types de fromages consommés en Belgique

M. Vanbelle; W. Vervack; Michel Foulon; L. Bailleux


Canadian Journal of Animal Science | 1984

CIRCADIAN RUMINATION QUALITY AND VOLUNTARY SILAGE INTAKE IN SHEEP AND CATTLE

A.G. Deswysen; Dc. Bruyer; M. Vanbelle


Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition | 2009

The effect of methionine hydroxyanalog supplementation of the diet on the concentration of ciliate protozoa in the rumen of sheep.

A. De Vuyst; M. Vanbelle; J. M. Joassart; A. Baguette


Revue des Fermentations et des Industries Alimentaires | 1982

Enzymes in Foods and Feeds

M. Vanbelle; Marc Meurens; Robert Crichton

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W. Vervack

Université catholique de Louvain

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Michel Focant

Université catholique de Louvain

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Michel Foulon

Université catholique de Louvain

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E. Teller

Catholic University of Leuven

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A. Vuyst

Université catholique de Louvain

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Dc. Bruyer

Université catholique de Louvain

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Marc Meurens

Université catholique de Louvain

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P. Kamatali

Catholic University of Leuven

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V. Jadin

Université catholique de Louvain

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Yvan Larondelle

Université catholique de Louvain

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