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An extended model of phosphorus metabolism in growing ruminants

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Author(s):
Dias, R. S. [1] ; Lopez, S. [2] ; Patino, R. M. P. [3] ; Silva, T. S. [4] ; Silva Filho, J. C. [5] ; Vitti, D. M. S. S. [4] ; Pecanha, M. R. S. R. [4] ; Kebreab, E. [6] ; France, J. [1]
Total Authors: 9
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Guelph, Ctr Nutr Modelling, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 - Canada
[2] Univ Leon, Dept Anim Prod, CSIC, IGM, E-24071 Leon - Spain
[3] Univ Sucre, Fac Ciencias Agr, Sincelejo, Sucre - Colombia
[4] Univ Sao Paulo, Ctr Energia Nucl Agr, BR-13400970 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[5] Univ Fed Lavras, Dept Zootecnia, BR-37200000 Lavras, MG - Brazil
[6] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Anim Sci, Davis, CA 95616 - USA
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE; v. 89, n. 12, p. 4151-4162, DEC 2011.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

A major objective of this study was to extend the Vitti-Dias model used to describe P metabolism in ruminants, by adding 2 new pools to the original model to represent the rumen and saliva. An experiment was carried out using 24 male sheep, initial BW of 34.5 kg, aged 8 mo, fed a basal diet supplied with increasing amounts of dicalcium phosphate to provide 0.14, 0.32, 0.49, and 0.65% P in the diet. Sheep were individually housed indoors in metabolic cages and injected with a single dose of 7.4 MBq of (32)P into a jugular vein. Feed intake and total fecal and urinary outputs were recorded and sampled daily for 1 wk, and blood samples were obtained at 5 min, and 1, 2, 4, 6, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, 144, and 168 h after (32)P injection. Saliva and rumen fluid samples were taken on d 6, 7, and 8. Then, animals were slaughtered and samples from liver, kidney, testicle, muscle, and heart (soft tissue) and bone were collected. Specific radioactivity and inorganic P were then determined in bone, soft tissue, plasma, rumen, saliva, and feces, and used to calculate flows between pools. Increased P intake positively affected total P (r = 0.97, P < 0.01) and endogenous P excretion in feces (r = 0.85, P < 0.01), P flow from plasma to saliva (r = 0.73, P < 0.01), from saliva to rumen (r = 0.73, P < 0.01), and from lower gastrointestinal tract to plasma (r = 0.72, P < 0.01). Urinary P excretion was similar for all treatments (P = 0.35). It was, however, related to plasma P (r = 0.63, P < 0.01) and to net P flow to bone (accretion - resorption; r = -0.64, P < 0.01). Phosphorus intake affected net P flow to soft tissue (P = 0.04) but not net P flow to bone (P = 0.46). Phosphorus mobilized from bone was directed toward soft tissue, as suggested by the correlations between P flow from bone to plasma and net P flow to soft tissue (r = 0.89, P < 0.01), and P flow from plasma to soft tissue and net P flow to bone (r = -0.76, P < 0.01). The lack of effect of dietary P on net P accretion in bone suggests that P demand for bone formation was low and surplus P was partially used by soft tissue. In conclusion, the model resulted in appropriate biological description of P metabolism in sheep and added knowledge of the effects of surplus dietary P on P metabolism. Additionally, the model can be used as a tool to assess feeding strategies aiming to mitigate P excretion into the environment. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 04/14532-5 - Environmental impact of phosphorus excretion in livestock: quantitative analysis of flow phosphorus using bio-mathematical models
Grantee:Dorinha Miriam Silber Schmidt Vitti
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants