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The effect of microbial oil, evening primrose oil,
and borage oil on rumen ciliate populations in an
artificial rumen (Rusitec)
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Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Soltesovej 4-6, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
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The August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznań,
Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed Management,
Wołyńska 33, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
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Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University,
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Publication date: 2006-05-25
Corresponding author
S. Kišidayová
Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences,
Soltesovej 4-6, 040 01 Košice, Slovak Republic
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2006;15(Suppl. 1):153-156
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ABSTRACT
Microbial (MO), borage (BO) and evening primrose (EPO) 5% (wt/wt) oils were supplemented
to a diet consisting of meadow hay and ground barley (60:40) for six days following a five-day
adaptation period in an artificial rumen (Rusitec) inoculated with sheep rumen fluid having an A-type ciliate population. After the adaptation period, the following rumen ciliate genera and species
were established: Entodinium spp., Dasytricha ruminantium, Eremoplastron bilobum, Diploplastron
affine, Polyplastron multivesiculatum and Isotricha spp. (I. prostoma and I. intestinalis). The total
ciliate population as well as the population of Eremoplastron decreased (P < 0.05 and P < 0.01,
respectively) in the group supplemented with BO. In contrast, the population of Polyplastron
increased (P < 0.01) following BO supplementation. The populations of Dasytricha, Eremoplastron,
and Isotricha spp. decreased (P < 0.01) in the group with EPO supplement, in contrast to the population
of Entodinium spp., which increased (P < 0.05). MO supplementation decreased the populations of
Eremoplastron and Isotricha spp. (P < 0.01). None of the oil supplements influenced the population
of Diploplastron.
The results of this study showed that the examined species of rumen ciliates had no uniform
response to the tested oils. Responses strongly depended on the composition of oils and the resultant
concentration of the main fatty acid components.
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