Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2011, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (22): 4678-4686.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2011.22.015

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Effect of Nitrogen Levels of Diets on Ruminal Fermentation Characters and Nitrogen Fractions in Yak

 MI  Jian-Dui, GUO  Xu-Sheng, ZHOU  Jian-Wei, XIN  Guo-Sheng, ZHANG  Ying, ZHU  Yu-Huan, LONG  Rui-Jun   

  1. 1..兰州大学草地农业科技学院,兰州730000
    2..兰州大学干旱与草地生态教育部重点实验室,兰州730000
    3..兰州大学青藏高原草地生态管理国际中心,兰州730000
  • Received:2010-10-31 Online:2011-11-15 Published:2011-03-15

Abstract: 【Objective】 The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of different N levels of diets on the ruminal fermentation and nitrogen fractions in yak. 【Method】 Four castrated yaks at (148.5±9.2) kg and 3-year-old of age were used in a partially replicated 4×4 Latin square with 4 different N levels of diets treatments (A(35.92 g•d-1), B(49.44 g•d-1), C(61.28 g•d-1), D (72.48 g•d-1)) and 4 20-day periods. pH, FAA-N (free amino acid nitrogen), NH3-N (NH3 nitrogen), PAA-N (peptide amino acid nitrogen), soluble protein N (nitrogen) and VFA (volatile fatty acid) were studied in different times before (07:30) and after feeding (10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00) at last day. 【Result】 Ruminal pH was not affected by diets (P>0.05). PAA-N, soluble protein N, FAA-N, total VFA and NH3-N were significantly differed among yaks with different diets (P<0.05). NH3-N was also affected by diet×time interaction (P<0.05). Acetate/propionate was not affected by different diets (P>0.05). 【Conclusion】 Under the rations of the present study, when N of diet greater than 1.97%, most nitrogen fractions in yak do not response to the nitrogen level of the experimental diets. At 2.90% nitrogen of diet, acetate/propionate is the minimum and total VFA is the maximum.

Key words: yak, N level, rumen, N fraction

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