Supplementing Goat Kids with Coconut Medium Chain Fatty Acids in Early Life Influences Growth and Rumen Papillae Development Until 4 Months After Supplementation but Effects on in Vitro Methane Emissions and the Rumen Microbiota Are Transient

Overview

Journal J Anim Sci

Date 2018 Mar 13

PMID 29529321

Citations 4

Authors

Sieglinde Debruyne

Alexis Ruiz-Gonzalez

Einar Artiles-Ortega

Bart Ampe

Wim Van Den Broeck

Ellen De Keyser

Leen Vandaele

Karen Goossens

Veerle Fievez

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Abstract

Conclusion: prenatal and postnatal supplementation with CO MCFA reduced in vitro CH4 emissions until 4 wk old by depressing methanogen abundance and activity but at the expense of rumen fermentation and eubacterial abundance. Unfortunately, daily gain of K+ kids was suppressed. Some rumen papillae characteristics differed at 28 wk old due to postnatal treatment which ended at 11 wk old, indicating rumen papillary development can be affected by the early-life nutritional circumstances.

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