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. 2022 Jun 25;204(7):425.
doi: 10.1007/s00203-022-03041-2.

Phytogenic additive from Prosopis juliflora on populations of rumen ciliate protozoa and its correlation with nutrition of sheep

Elaine Rosa Fagundes Feitoza  1 , Renato Tonhá Alves Júnior  1 , Gabriela Rayane da Rocha Costa  1 , Camila Sousa da Silva  1 , Thaysa Rodrigues Torres  1 , Jucelane Salvino de Lima  2 , Kedes Paulo Pereira  3 , Evaristo Jorge Oliveira de Souza  4
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Phytogenic additive from Prosopis juliflora on populations of rumen ciliate protozoa and its correlation with nutrition of sheep

Elaine Rosa Fagundes Feitoza et al. Arch Microbiol. .

Abstract

We evaluated the effect of phytogenic additive Prosopis juliflora on populations of ruminal ciliated protozoa and its correlation with variables related to sheep nutrition. In this experiment, five cannulated adult Santa Ines ewes were submitted to the additive intake. Each animal received 6 mL of the extract daily. The experimental design adopted was the Latin square 5 × 5 (five concentrations of additive 0, 200, 400, 600 and 800 mg/mL of water and five periods of 18 days). The additive quadratically reduces the number of large, small and total ciliating protozoa, without promoting changes in the number of medium protozoa in the rumen. Among the genera investigated, Isotricha and Dasytricha were the only ones affected by supplementation. Additionally, the concentration of ruminal protozoa correlates significantly with the variables related to the nutrition of the animal. The effects of the additive on these variables were particularly pronounced at concentrations around 600 mg/mL.

Keywords: Dasytricha; Isotricha; Rumen microbiota; Tannins.

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