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Sena F, Portugal PV, Dentinho MT, Paulos K, Costa C, Soares DM, Oliveira A, Ramos H, Alves SP, Santos-Silva J, Bessa RJB. Effects of sunflower oil infusions of Asparagopsis taxiformis on in vitro ruminal methane production and biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. J Dairy Sci 2024; 107:1472-1484. [PMID: 37944809 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2023-23506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Asparagopsis taxiformis inhibits ruminal methane (CH4) production due to its bromoform (CHBr3) content. The immersion of A. taxiformis in edible vegetable oils allows the extraction and stabilization of the highly volatile CHBr3 in the oil phase. The objectives of this study were to explore the effects of adding sunflower oils with increasing concentrations of CHBr3 on in vitro ruminal methanogenesis and biohydrogenation. Five batches of 48-h in vitro incubations were performed in 14 fermentation bottles, using rumen inocula collected shortly after the slaughter of young crossbred bulls and 1 g of dry matter (DM) from a total diet of mixed feed without added oil (control) or with 60 μL of sunflower oil per gram of DM as the substrate. The treatments were the CHBr3 content in the oil added: 0 μg (B0), 25 μg (B25), 50 μg (B50), 75 μg (B75), 100 μg (B100), and 150 μg (B150) of CHBr3 per gram of substrate DM. Organic matter (OM) degradability, total gas, CH4, volatile fatty acids (VFA), long-chain fatty acids, and dimethyl acetals (DMA) were analyzed at the end of each incubation. Data were analyzed with a model considering the treatments as the fixed effect and the run as a random block and using orthogonal contrasts. Degradability of OM was higher in the control group and was unaffected by CHBr3 concentration. Total gas production per gram of degraded OM was unaffected by treatments and averaged 205 ± 29.8 mL/g. Methane (mL) production decreased linearly with increasing CHBr3 concentrations, with 33%, 47%, and 87% reductions for B75, B100, and B150, respectively. Total VFA concentration was unaffected by oil inclusion but was reduced by 20% in CHBr3-containing treatments, although without any dose-response pattern. The molar percentage of acetate decreased linearly, whereas propionate and butyrate increased linearly with the increasing CHBr3 dosage. Including oil in the diet decreased the branched-chain fatty acids and DMA content. Increasing CHBr3 concentrations did not affect branched-chain fatty acids, but linearly increased most of the identified DMA. Adding oil to the control diet increased the 18:2n-6, whereas increasing the concentration of CHBr3 had no effect on 18:2n-6 but decreased linearly the 18:0 and increased the trans-18:1 isomers. The results obtained provide evidence that oil immersions of A. taxiformis can successfully inhibit ruminal production of CH4 in vitro at doses of 100 and 150 μg/g DM, and simultaneously modulate biohydrogenation.
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- F Sena
- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Polo de Investigação de Santarém, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV-Santarém), 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Polo de Investigação de Santarém, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV-Santarém), 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária (AL4AnimalS), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Polo de Investigação de Santarém, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV-Santarém), 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal
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- Polo de Investigação de Santarém, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV-Santarém), 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária (AL4AnimalS), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Terraprima-Ambiental, Centro de Negócios do Porto Alto, Fração S, Avenida das Nações Unidas, nº 97, 2135-199 Samora Correia, Portugal
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- SeaExpert Ltd., Travessa do Farrobim 15, 9900-361 Horta, Faial, Azores, Portugal
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- SeaExpert Ltd., Travessa do Farrobim 15, 9900-361 Horta, Faial, Azores, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária (AL4AnimalS), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Polo de Investigação de Santarém, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária (INIAV-Santarém), 2005-048 Vale de Santarém, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária (AL4AnimalS), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal; Laboratório Associado para Ciência Animal e Veterinária (AL4AnimalS), Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
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Consoli RA, Guimarães CT, do Carmo JA, Soares DM, dos Santos JS. Astronotus ocellatus (Cichlidae:Pisces) and Macropodus opercularis (Anabatidae:Pisces) as predators of immature Aedes fluviatilis (Diptera:Culicidae) and Biomphalaria glabrata (Mollusca:Planorbidae). Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 1991; 86:419-24. [PMID: 1842433 DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761991000400007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Two fish species, Astronotus ocellatus (Cichlidae) and Macropodus opercularis (Anabatidae) were tested for predacious behavior toward immature mosquitoes (Aedes fluviatilis, Diptera:Culicidae) and schistosomiasis snail hosts (Biomphalaria glabrata, Mollusca:Planorbidae), in the presence or absence of non-living food and in laboratory conditions. A. ocellatus, a species indigenous to Brazil, was a very efficient predator of both organisms (alpha = 0.05); M. opercularis, an exotic species, preyed well on immature mosquitoes, but small snails and snail egg-masses were ingested only irregularly. Both fish species seemed to prefer live to non-living food.
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- R A Consoli
- Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou-FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil
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da Costa Lins RH, Soares DM, van Berg L, Golebiovsky P, Mansur Filho J, Ribeiro AC, Almeida CS, Bomfim V. Surgical treatment of active valvular infective endocarditis. Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1988; 22:43-5. [PMID: 3387949 DOI: 10.3109/14017438809106049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A review is presented of 20 patients consecutively operated on for acute valvular endocarditis. The diagnosis was established from at least two of the criteria: (a) typical clinical features, (b) two blood cultures positive for the same causal microorganism, and (c) echocardiographic evidence of vegetations. In all cases there was histologic evidence of active infection in the surgical specimen. Only three of the 20 patients had no previous cardiac disease. The most common causal agent was Staphylococcus aureus. The indications for surgery were refractory cardiac failure or infection (18 and 2 cases, respectively). Aortic valve replacement was performed in 16 of the 20 cases, suggesting that aortic valvulopathy aggravates the course of infective endocarditis and increases the risk of heart failure. The overall mortality rate was 30%. All surviving patients were infection-free at postoperative bacteriologic follow-up. Surgery is considered to be the management of choice in active valvular, therapy-resistant bacterial endocarditis with or without cardiac failure.
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- R H da Costa Lins
- Department of Cardiology, Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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