China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2019, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 2916-2926.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2019.10.012

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Effects of Long-Chain Fatty Acid Combinations on Volatile Fatty Acid in Ruminal Microorganism in Vitro Fermentation

XI Zanna1, GAO Jian1,2, WANG Mengzhi1   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China;
    2. China Agricultural University, Beijing 100089, China
  • Received:2019-03-26 Online:2019-10-20 Published:2019-10-21

Abstract: In order to study the effects of long-chain fatty acid combinations of stearic acid,oleic acid,linoleic acid and α-linolenic acid (ALA) on volatile fatty acid (VFA) in vitro fermentation,and to obtain their optimal fatty acid combination and the levels of addition,the orthogonal test were conducted using L9 (34) orthogonal table with 4 factors (stearic acid,oleic acid,linoleic acid,ALA) and 3 levels (0.5%,1.0%,1.5%).Treatments were run in triplicate.The test groups were divided into 10 groups:Ⅰ-Ⅸ (test groups) and Ⅹ (control group).Three rumen fistula goats were provided with rumen fluid for in vitro culture,and the 24 h dynamics of VFA concentration were measured.The results showed as follows:The concentration of total volatile fatty acid (TVFA) in all groups fluctuated with time,and had a first upward,then down and upward again trend.At 6 h,the TVFA concentration of group Ⅶ was the highest.The acetate acid/propionate acid dropped rapidly before 6 h,and leveled off after 6 h.The percentage of butyric acid molar concentration in TVFA was changed from 7.97% to 15.41%.Principal component and optimal combination analysis showed that the order affecting the TVFA concentration was linoleic acid,oleic acid,stearic acid,and ALA.The combination effect was best when 1.5% stearic acid,0.5% oleic acid,1.5% linoleic acid,and 0.5% ALA were added.

Key words: long-chain fatty acid combination; rumen microbe; fermentation; VFA

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