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Rumen-protected methionine during the peripartal period in dairy cows and its effects on abundance of major species of ruminal bacteria

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Title
Rumen-protected methionine during the peripartal period in dairy cows and its effects on abundance of major species of ruminal bacteria
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Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, February 2018
DOI 10.1186/s40104-018-0230-8
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Mohamed K. Abdelmegeid, Ahmed A. Elolimy, Zheng Zhou, Vincenzo Lopreiato, Joshua C. McCann, Juan J. Loor

Abstract

Extensive degradation of amino acids in the rumen via microbial deamination decreases the post-ruminal availability of dietary indispensable amino acids. Together with the normal decrease in voluntary dry matter intake (DMI) around parturition in dairy cows, microbial metabolism contributes to a markedly negative balance of indispensable amino acids, including methionine which may be the first-limiting for milk production. The main objective of the current study was to profile changes in major bacterial species with key functions in cellulose and hemicellulose digestion, xylan breakdown, proteolytic action, propionic acid production, lactate utilization and ruminal biohydrogenation in cows supplemented with rumen-protected Methionine (SM; Smartamine M, Adisseo NA, Alpharetta, GA, USA) from -23 through 30 d relative to parturition. Because ~90% of the methionine in SM bypasses the rumen, ~10% of the methionine is released into the rumen and can be utilized by microbes. As expected, there was an increase in overall DMI after parturition (Day,P < 0.05) during which cows consumed on average 19.6 kg/d versus 13.9 kg/d in the prepartum period. The postpartum diet contained greater concentrations of lipid and highly-fermentable carbohydrate from corn grain, which likely explains the increases in the relative abundance ofAnaerovibrio lipolytica,Megasphaera elsdenii,Prevotella bryantii,Selenomonas ruminantium,Streptococcus bovis, andSuccinimonas amylolytica. Despite similar DMI prepartum, cows fed SM had greater (Treatment × Day,P< 0.05) abundance prepartum ofFibrobacter succinogenes, Succinimonas amylolytica, andSuccinivibrio dextrinosolvens. However, the greater DMI in cows fed SM after parturition (19.6 kg/d versus 13.9 kg/d) was associated with lower abundance ofFibrobacter succinogenes(2.13 × 10-3versus 2.25 × 10-4) andSelenomonas ruminantium(2.98 × 10-1versus 4.10 × 10-1). A lower abundance (Day,P < 0.05) was detected on d 20 compared with d -10 forFibrobacter succinogenesandSuccinivibrio dextrinosolvens. The relative abundance ofButyrivibrio proteoclasticusandEubacterium ruminantiumwas stable across treatment and time. In diets with proper balance of rumen-degradable protein and fermentable carbohydrate, the small fraction of Methionine released from the rumen-protected supplement did not seem to compromise growth of major bacterial species in the rumen. In fact, it had a positive effect on 3 major species prepartum when DMI was similar between groups. Because the actual requirements of Methionine (and Lysine, for example) by the cow during the transition period are unknown, it appears warranted to study the rumen microbiome as it relates to supply of rumen-protected amino acids.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 14%
Researcher 6 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 8%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 17 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 22 44%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 6%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 4%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 19 38%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 9. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 February 2018.
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