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| Author(s): |
Celso Akio Maruta
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2000-06-06 |
| Examining board members: |
Enrico Lippi Ortolani;
Cássio Xavier de Mendonca Júnior;
Regina Kiomi Takahira
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| Advisor: | Enrico Lippi Ortolani |
| Abstract | |
Four Jersey (J) and four Gir (G) rumen-cannulated steers were used. The steers were fed, for two months before the beginning of the rumen lactic acidosis (RLA) induction, a standard diet of hay and concentrates. The RLA was induced experimentally through the administration of sucrose into the rumen, according to the corrected metabolic weight, after ORTOLANI (1995). Blood, rumen fluid, urine, and fecal samples were collected and clinical examination carried out in the following times after the induction: zero, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 and 24 hours. The pH, the total lactic acid and its L and D isomers were determined in all samples. The hematocrit, acid-base variables and the creatinine concentration were determined in the blood samples; creatinine was also determined in the urine samples. All the rumen content was evacuated in order to evaluate its volume at the 24th h. A intense rumen acidosis was reached; no differences in the rumen fluid pH and in the concentration of the total lactic acid and its isomers were found in both studied breeds. A moderate level of systemic metabolic acidosis was reached in both breeds, but lower overall mean of bicarbonate and TCO2 (p < 0.0001) as well as blood pH (p < 0.025) were found in the J steers. These steers absorbed higher amounts of total lactic and its D isomer than the G animals; the higher the blood D-lactate concentration, the lower the blood pH (r = - O.78) in the former breed. Better blood pH homeostasis were kept, at the end of induction, by the G steers, probably by their higher efficiency to metabolize L-lactate. However, the G steers exhibited a higher level of dehydration as seen by the greater hematocrit and plasma volume deficit (p < 0.00001). They also presented a lower glomerular filtration as evidenced by the higher creatinine serum levels (p < 0.00001), its lower urinary clearance (p < 0.003) and the lower estimated urinary volume (p < 0.05). There were no differences in the fecal pH values presented by both breeds. There was a negative correlation between the fecal total lactate concentration and the fecal pH (r = - 0.65). (AU) | |