Effects of the inclusion of oak tannins in a diet rich in linoleic acid on in vitro rumen biohydrogenation and fermentation in sheep
2016
Carreño, D | Hervás, G | Toral, P G | Belenguer, A | Frutos, P
There is a lack void of knowledge about which of the many types of tannins might be more spe- cific and useful, in practice, to interfere with rumen biohydrogenation (BH) and modulate the fatty acid (FA) profile of ruminant derived products without impairing diet utilization. Two in vitro assays with batch cultures of rumen microorganisms were conducted to analyze the effect of an oenological commercial extract of oak tannins, at a practical dose under farm conditions (2 per cent DM), on the rumen BH and fermentation of a diet also supplemented with 2 per cent DM of sunflower oil. In the first experiment (12 h incubations), freeze-dried ruminal digesta were analyzed for FA composition. In the second one (24 h incubations), rumen fermentation parameters and bacterial community were examined. The addition of 2 per cent DM of the oak tannin extract proved (P less than 0.01) to be able to slightly reduce the concentration of 18:0 (-5.2 per cent) and increase those of 18:2n-6, n-3 polyunsaturated FA (PUFA) and n-6 PUFA (by approx. plus 64 per cent), while tended (P less than 0.10) to decrease trans-10 18:1 (-9 per cent) and enhance trans-11 18:1 (plus 14 per cent). These changes were accompanied by increases in the mean value of odd- and branched-chain FA, as well as in some keto-FA concentrations (P less than 0.05). On the other hand, it had no significant effects on the rumen fermentation characteristics that were analyzed (e.g., gas production kinetic, extent of OM degradation, pH, or ammonia and VFA concentrations; P more than 0.10). Although positive, when explored at practical doses in terms of animal feeding, results on the use of tannins to modulate microbial BH are not as promising as initially expected. More research in this field is still necessary
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