R. Görsch

Dynamik von 15N-Isobutylidendiharnstoff (IBDH) bei Schafen

Four Merino Landrace wethers averaging 47.6 kg body weight were adapted to a semi-synthetic diet containing as the only N-source 60 g of IBDU per day. After the adaptation phase, on the 1 st experimental day the IBDU of the morning feed was given in 15N-labelled form (701 mg 15N-excess). After 2 1/2, 7 1/4, 12 and 24 hours the experimental animals were killed without having been fed again. The comparison of the IBDU-concentrations in the content of the rumen bottom with the residual rumen content did not allow to draw conclusions regarding IBDU-sedimentation at the bottom of the rumen. For the 15N-decline in the rumen content, a relationship was established following y = 76.3 - 2.62 (r = 0.96) (see fig. 2). In the order of killing times the following 15N-IBDU amounts were retrieved (% of intake): I = 15.6%, II = 24.1%, III = 3.3% and IV = 3.6%. 7 1/4 hours after starting the experiment, 40% of the 15N-labelled material were found in the rumen in the form IBDU; after 12 hours it came to 10%. Except for sheep I, 15N-urea was not found but in small amounts. Only sheep I and III revealed IBDU-traces in the abomasum, but in the small intestine of all sheep 2 to 6% of the amount taken in. This fact is explained with the endogenous influx of IBDU from the blood. An additional experimental sheep provided with a ligature at the abomasum entry, revealed that IBDU is absorbed from the rumen and allowed to enter the individual segments of the intestine in small amounts.

Der Umsatz von 15N-14C-Azetylharnstoff beim Schaf

: 3 male sheep (phi 48.3 kg) were fed a semisynthetic diet containing acetyl urea as sole protein source and 15N-14C labelled acetyl urea (urea-C labelled) by intraruminal tube. A half life period of 4 hrs was established for the removal of labelled acetyl urea from the TCE-soluble portion of the ruminal fluid. The degree of 14C labelling in ruminal proteins was very low whereas the extent of 15N labelled protein synthesis was quite marked reaching a maximum between the 18th and 24th hour of experiment. The steepest rise of 15N incorporation into ruminal proteins was found to occur between 8 to 12 hrs after start of the experiment, i.e. at the time of peak level of 15N returned from 15N urea via the rumino-hepatic circulation. 23.3% of the amount of 14C activity administered (mean of all 3 experimental animals) was excreted through respiration. The curve patterns of both isotopes in the TCE soluble portion of the ruminal fluid were similar to that of the degasified TCE soluble portion of the blood blasma. At the peak time (8 hrs) a concentration of the nitrogen isotope of about 4 atom% excess of 15N was observed. The level of 14C labeling in blood plasma proteins was insignificant when compared with that of 15N labelling. The ratio at the peak time was 1:10; the same ratio was found for ruminal proteins. From this it can be concluded that the process of labelling of blood plasma proteins proceeds mainly through microbial protein synthesis. Sheep I and III excreted an average of 60.6% of 14C activity and 57.0% of the administered excess of 15N in the urine. 6 hrs after the beginning of the experiment 81% of the amount of urinary 14C activity was found to occur as acetyl urea; after 48 hrs this amount had decreased to 50%. All experimental sheep excreted a urinary sediment consisting mainly of acetyl urea. The level of faecal 14C excretion (1.4%-2.9% of the amount administered) was considerably lower than that of 15N excretion (9.1%--15.6% of the administered dose). The TCE soluble fraction of the faeces contained up to 2% of the 14C dose and 3% of the 15N dose. The true digestibility data of 15N from 15N acetyl urea varied between 96.4% and 98.2%. An average of 40.9% was obtained for the 15N balance over the 7-day trial period.

Isobutylidendiharnstoff als neue NPN-Quelle für Wiederkäuer

2 experimental cows received isobutylidenedi urea added to a natural diet in amounts of 175 g (I) and 730 g (II) per day for a period of several weeks before the trial was started. On the 1st day of experiment the morning dose was labelled with 5.05 g of excess 15N. 8 hrs after the beginning of the trial of 15N level in the TCE soluble portion of blood plasma (TCE=trichloroacetic acid) increased and remained at an elevated level until the 36th hour of experiment. Similarly, the values for maximum urinary 15N concentrations were maintained for a prolonged period of time. Isobutylidenedi urea was excreted with the urine in rates related to its solubility. Only small percentages of the 15N intake were excreted in the TCE soluble portion of the milk (cow I: 0.03%; cow II: 0.05%). The 15N-labelling of milk protein provides evidence for the fact that nitrogen from IBDU is utilized for the synthesis of milk in the cows. The amount of urea in milk averaged 400 mg per litre. None of the milk samples tested contained IBDU.2 experimental cows received isobutylidenedi urea added to a natural diet in amounts of 175 g (I) and 730 g (II) per day for a period of several weeks before the trial was started. On the 1st day of experiment the morning dose was labelled with 5.05 g of excess 15N. 8 hrs after the beginning of the trial of 15N level in the TCE soluble portion of blood plasma (TCE=trichloroacetic acid) increased and remained at an elevated level until the 36th hour of experiment. Similarly, the values for maximum urinary 15N concentrations were maintained for a prolonged period of time. Isobutylidenedi urea was excreted with the urine in rates related to its solubility. Only small percentages of the 15N intake were excreted in the TCE soluble portion of the milk (cow I: 0.03%; cow II: 0.05%). The 15N-labelling of milk protein provides evidence for the fact that nitrogen from IBDU is utilized for the synthesis of milk in the cows. The amount of urea in milk averaged 400 mg per litre. None of the milk samples tested contained IBDU.

Isobutylidendiharnstoff als neue NPN‐Quelle für Wiederkäuer: 2. Mitteilung: Stoffwechsel von 14C-15N-Isobutylidendiharnstoff bei Schafen

2 male sheep (weighing 45 kg and 44 kg) were fitted with a ruminal fistula and a jugular vein catheter and received isobutylidendi-urea for a 42-day period of adjustment. The diet contained 25% starch, 23.8% glucose, 29.0% cellulose, 10.0% straw, 1.7% sunflower seed oil, 4.3% isobutylidendi-urea, 5.6% minerals and vitamins. Each animal received 60 g of isobutylidendi-urea in daily amounts of 1.4 kg of the ration-4.4% of the total dietary N came from the straw. At the begin of the trial each sheep received 30 g of 14C15N isobutylidendi-urea (C1-siobutyl labelling) administered as a suspension. The animals were then placedin respiration cages. The peak of specific 14C activity in the expired air (including ruminal gas) was observed 2 hrs after the beginning of the trial. 18--30 hrs after the beginning of the trial the highest level of 15N incorporation into the TCE (trichloroacetic acid) soluble fraction of the ruminal fluid was noted resulting from the reflow of urea via the rumeno-hepatic circulatory system in the rumen. A high concentration of 15N was shown to be present, for prolonged period, in the TCE soluble fraction of the ruminal fluid (up to the 30 hr of experiment). The 15N concentration in the blood plasma (TCE soluble portion) was found to increase reaching a peak value 23 hrs after administration of the isotope. The highest level of 14C activity in this fraction appeared 1 hr after isotope administration. The 15N incorporation into the protein fraction of blood plasma reached a constant high level between the 29th and 47th hr of experiment. The highest 15N concentrations in urine were noted after 1 day. 3.5% of the administered dose of 14C activity and 23% of the supplied amount of N were excreted in the urine. 20% of the total amount of 15N excreted in the urine could be detected as 14C isobutyl residues. An excess of between 0.05 and 0.17 atom% of the isotopes were found in muscular tissue and in different organs of the sheep when these were slaughtered on the 7th day of experiment (liver: 0.17%, kidneys: 0.14%, muscle: 0.05%, heart: 0.08%). The results obtained in the present trial clearly indicate that ruminants are able to utilize nitrogen from isobutyldi-urea.

Untersuchungen zur Ausscheidung von Azetylharnstoff über die Milch nach oraler 14C-Azetylharnstoffgabe an Milchkühe

2 experimental cows were fed acetyl urea several weeks before the trial was started. The first cow received a daily amount of 200 g and the second cow 855 g. On the first day of experiment both cows were given 5 mCi of 14C acetyl urea intraruminally. Up to 6 hrs after the beginning of the experiment acetyl urea in blood plasma was shown to contain a higher proportion of 14C activity than urea. 0.21 g urea and 0.18 g acetyl urea were contained in 1 kg of milk from cow No 1 while 1 kg of milk from cow No 2 contained 0.18 g urea and 0.12 g acetyl urea. The feeding of acetyl urea to dairy cows is not recommended on the basis of the fact that any further contamination of human nutrition with foreign substances should be possibly avoided.

Untersuchungen Zum Stickstoffumsatz Im Dickdarm Von Wiederkäuern

Abstract 3 Farsen mit einer Lebendmasse von 255, 261 und 300 kg wurden mit ileo-zaekalen Bruckenfisteln, Jugularvenenkatheter und Blasenkatheter versehen. Die Ration bestand aus 4 kg Maissilage und 4 kg Strohkonzentrat-Pellets. In einer Vorperiode wurden an 5 aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen uber 12 Stunden 50% der anflutenden Digesta gesammelt und tiefgefroren aufbewahrt. Wahrend des Hauptversuches wurde der Fisteldurchflus unterbrochen und die Ileumdigesta quantitativ aufgefangen. In den distalen Bruckenteil wurden stundlich (uber 30 Stunden) vorgesammelte Digesta und Pektin sowie uber 24 Studen 15N-Harnstoff eingegeben. Die Pektinmenge entsprach 10% der Digesta TS-Menge. Es wurden Analysen von Harn, Kot, Digesta und Blutplasma durchgefuhrt. Die Gabe von Pektin erhohte den Einbau von 15N in die Bakterienfraktion des Kotes von 4,7% (ohne Substratsupplementation in einem fruheren Versuch) auf 10,5%. Die NH3-Fraktion des Kotes war deutlich hoher markiert als die Bakterienfraktion. Die 15N-Verwertung des Harnstof...

Isobutylidendiharnstoff als NPN-Quelle für Wiederkäuer

Two cows with rumen cannulae and duodenal re-entrance cannulae received in the first experiment (Ia and IIa) a conventional diet on the basis of a mixture of maize silage, hay and concentrated feed and after a three-week adaptation to isobutylidene diurea (IBDU)--276 g per animal and day--138 g IBDU with 3.865 mg 15N-excess as a single supplementation to their first meal. In the second experiment (IIa and IIb) after a 6-week break the same cows served a repeated experiment without IBDU adaptation. Irrespective of the adaptation, a re-increase of the 15N-labelling in the TCA-soluble N in the rumen could be proved between the 6th and the 8th hour after the intake of the isotopes, which resulted from the backflow of 15N to the rumen. In the duodenal digesta the maximum labelling of the TCA--soluble N-fraction appeared 12 hours after the intake of the isotopes. At that moment a labelling plateau began in the protein fraction, which lasted to the 36th hour. On an average of all 4 cows approximately 30% of the 15N taken in the TCA-precipitable fraction and 55 and 60% in the TCA-soluble fraction had passed the duodenum up to the 72nd hour after the beginning of the experiment. Up to the 72nd hour after the beginning of the experiment, approximately 15% were excreted in urine, approximately 16% in feces and approximately 7% in the milk. This shows that roughly one half of the 90% 15N-amount measured at its passage in the re-entrance cannula (related to the intake) was metabolised in the rumen at least twice, resp. after the first passage through the duodenum it originated from the intermediary metabolism (e.g. as amino acids and their incorporation as digestion secretions). Negative correlations could be ascertained between the pH-value of the rumen fluid and the 15N incorporation in the rumen proteins as well as 15N-excretion through the TCA-soluble and -precipitable quota of feces. An adaptation to IBDU is obviously not necessary.

Influence of the physical properties of straw pellets on their digestibility and passage rate of Cr2O3 in sheep

By means of pelleting them one to four times (press G 600) and adding 20% sugar beet chips and 3% ammonia hydrogen carbonate at varying loose density (357-561 kg/m3) 4 straw pellet charges were produced. Significant differences could be ascertained for these pellets with regard to the fineness coefficient (I-IV 1.67; 1.30; 1.19; 0.83), hardness of pellets (5.4; 8.8; 9.4; 18.6 N/m2/10(5) and partly the loose volume. After testing four wethers per group, an energy concentration in the same sequence was ascertained as follows: 409, 388, 377 and 382 EFUcattle/kg dry matter. Apart from a higher crude fibre digestibility of groups I and II compared to III there were no significant differences in the digestibility. The measuring of feed passage time with the help of Cr2O3 did not result in directed differences. On an average of all groups, 80% of the Cr2O3 excretion was achieved after 70.5 +/- 0.7 h. The mean retention time of Cr2O3 in the digestive tract in all four groups was in average 53.3 +/- 1.2 hours. The different fineness degrees and values of the hardness of straw pellets remained without significant effects on the feed value of the straw pellets in the experiments with sheep.

In vitro-Untersuchungen zum Azetylharnstoffabbau durch Lebergewebe

In vitro-studies were carried out with hepatic tissue from freshley slaughtered cows using 14C acetyl urea (in which the urea-C-atom was labelled). Methods of thin-layer chromatography were used to investigate the process of acetyl urea degradation. The cows had not previouslybeen adapted to acetyl urea. The test mixtures used contained 3.3 mg or 20 mg acetyl urea per 100 ml of the homogenate. The pattern of acetyl urea degradation in these mixtures was investigated after 1 min, 3 mins, 10 mins and 30 mins. The degradation rates were found to be the same for both types of test mixtures. This indicated that a saturation of the substrate had not been accomplished, even when higher concentrations of acetyl urea were used. Supplementary addition of urease to the test mixture for decomposing the quantity of urea always produced did not alter the rates of acetyl urea degradation. From this it may be concluded that even under in vivo-conditions some urea will be liberated when acetyl urea passes through the liver.