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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/53797| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Performance and microbiota of the digestive tract of Nellore calves supplemented with fungi isolated from bovine rumen |
| Authors: | Thiago Alves Xavier dos Santos Luís Miguel Gonçalves Fernandes Pedro Paulo Xavier Carvalho Valdo Soares Martins Júnior Suze Adriane Fonseca Amália Saturnino Chaves Eduardo Robson Duarte |
| Abstract: | Background and aim: in tropical semiarid regions, supplementation with fungi could contribute to rumen modulation, promoting greater production of fibrolytic enzymes and degradation of forage. The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of supplementation with fungi, isolated from the bovine rumen, on the performance and microbiota of the digestive tract of Nellore calves. Materials and methods: the experiment was conducted in randomized blocks evaluating eight Nellore calves that were daily supplemented with isolates of Aspergillus terreus and Trichoderma longibrachiatum, along with eight calves that were not supplemented. After 55 days, the animals were weighed, and samples of rumen fluid and feces were collected for analysis. The characteristics that showed normal distribution were subjected to analysis of variance and compared using Tukey’s test. Whereas, the variables that did not show normal distribution were subjected to the Kruskal–Wallis test, and the frequencies of the bacterial and fungal genera were compared using the Chi-square test. Results: supplementation with fungi promoted the reduction in ruminal pH (p<0.05). However, the final live weight; average daily weight gain; total weight gain; rumen protozoa; and the count of Enterobacteriaceae, mycelial fungi, and yeasts of ruminal fluid and feces were not influenced by supplementation (p>0.05). Moreover, the protozoa Eodinium spp. was identified only in supplemented calves (p<0.05). Conclusion: supplementation with the fungi presented the potential for use as possible additives because it did not alter the physiological parameters of the facultative anaerobic microbiota composition in the rumen and feces. In addition, it favored the presence of the ciliate genus Eodinium. However, further studies should be performed to better define suitable dosages for supplementation. |
| Subject: | Bovino de corte Nelore (Bovino) Rúmen - Microbiologia Enterobactérias |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICA - INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS AGRÁRIAS ICB - DEPARTAMENTO DE MICROBIOLOGIA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.14202/vetworld.2021.2686-2693 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/53797 |
| Issue Date: | Oct-2021 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | http://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.14/October-2021/15.html |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Veterinary World |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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