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             Milchproduktion und Rindermast
             Factors affecting microbial protein synthesis in the rumen
                               with emphasis on diets containing forages
                                                                         J. VERBIC
             Introduction                                 ME, digestible carbohydrates (DCHO)           amounts of concentrates. It has been
             Microbial protein contributes about two-     or fermentable organic matter (FOM)           shown that in diets containing high le-
             thirds of the amino acids absorbed by        (INRA 1988, AFRC 1992, DACCORD                vels of concentrates the efficiency of
             ruminants. Although it is characterised      1994, TAMMINGA et al. 1994, MAD-              microbial protein synthesis in the rumen
             by a relatively high proportion of non-      SEN et al. 1995, VERBIC and BABNIK            is lower than in well-balanced forage-
             protein nitrogen (25%, AFRC 1992) it         1997, GfE 2001). In all these systems a       based diets (ARC 1984).
             has an invaluable role in the nutrition of   constant microbial yield per unit of ME,      The preservation of forages as silages
             ruminant animals. The amino acid com-        NEL, fermentable ME, DCHO or FOM              can induce a reduction of microbial pro-
             position of microbial true protein is si-    is proposed. Some of the above-mentio-        tein synthesis in the rumen. A certain
             milar to that of protein in the main ani-    ned systems already take into account         number of the fermentation end products
             mal products, i.e. milk, lamb and beef       the fact that not all the nutrients availa-   to be found in silages do not contribute
             (ØRSKOV 1992). Compared with oil             ble for ruminant animals can be utilised      any energy for microbial growth while
             seed meals and legume grains (DLG            by the rumen microbes. In other systems       the utilization of others is limited. The
             1976) microbial protein contains a hig-      this fact is neglected. In experiments the    theoretical assumption performed by
             her proportion of methionine and lysine      efficiency of microbial protein synthe-       CHAMBERLAIN (1987) suggested that,
             (STORM and ØRSKOV 1983). In fact,            sis often deviates markedly from values       in the case of the most favourable fer-
             after the ban of feedstuffs of animal ori-   proposed in protein systems. This con-        mentation pathway in the silo, i.e. ho-
             gin in ruminant diets, there are no protein  firms the possibility that several further    molactic fermentation, rumen microbes
             sources which would meet animal requi-       factors affect microbial growth in the        can reach only one-quarter of the ener-
             rements better than microbial protein.       rumen, apart from those which are no-         gy that would be available in the case of
             Although extensive research work has         wadays taken into account. We need to         direct fermentation of hexose in the ru-
             been carried out during the last few de-     be aware that minor changes already           men. The problem of low-energy supply
             cades with the aim of improving the pre-     made to the diet, feeding regime or en-       to rumen microbes can be expected first
             diction of microbial protein synthesis in    vironment (ambient temperature) can           of all in extensive fermented direct cut
             the rumen, the level of reliability of cur-  alter microbial flora and fauna. As a con-    silages. In a direct comparison of sila-
             rently used models is still low. The aim     sequence the microbial protein yield in       ges and hay from the same parental grass,
             of this paper is to review the limited work  the rumen can be changed as well.             it was established that microbial protein
             on this field in Slovenia and to discuss     The maximum potential of rumen micro-         yield in highly wilted silage and hay was
             some factors which could affect micro-       bes to produce microbial protein can be       about 15% higher than in direct cut and
             bial protein synthesis in diets containing   explored only by the provision of high-       moderately wilted silage (Table 1). It has
             forages.                                     quality forage. The importance of fora-       been shown that, even in the case of ensi-
                                                          ge quality was clearly pointed out by an      ling highly wilted Italian ryegrass, micro-
             Factors affecting microbial                  experiment in which forage digestibility      bial protein yield has been reduced by
             protein synthesis in the                     and microbial protein synthesis was           about 10% due to ensiling (Table 1).
             rumen                                        monitored during the ageing of grass          As mentioned above, some protein sys-
                                                          clover sward. From the last week of April     tems try to overcome discrepancies bet-
             The supply of fermentable                    until the first week of June organic mat-     ween energy utilisation in microbes and
             energy                                       ter digestibility decreased from 82% to       animals by taking into account the fact
                                                          60%. During the same period the micro-        that only fermentable organic matter can
             Energy supply is usually the first limi-     bial protein yield decreased from appro-      be utilised by rumen microbes. The term
             ting factor for microbial growth in the      ximately 130 to 90 g per kg of dry mat-       “efficiency of microbial protein synthe-
             rumen. To estimate the microbial prote-      ter intake (Graph 1). It can be estimated     sis” is used when microbial protein syn-
             in yield, modern European protein sy-        roughly that, along with a decrease in the    thesis is expressed per unit of fermenta-
             stems use information which is directly      NEL concentration in forage for 1 MJ,         ble organic matter. Regarding the accep-
             or indirectly used in estimating the en-     the microbial protein yield decreased by      ted concept, constant efficiency in micro-
             ergy supply to the animal. The microbi-      about 16 g. The problem of low micro-         bial protein synthesis might have been
             al protein yield can be estimated on the     bial protein yield in diets containing low    expected. However, the efficiency of
             basis of  metabolizable energy (ME), net     quality forages can not simply be solved      microbial protein synthesis varied widely
             energy for lactation (NEL), fermentable      by supplementing diets with high              between forages (Table 1, Graph 1). In
             Autor: Dr. Joze VERBIC, Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, SL-1001 LJUBLJANA; email: joze.verbic@kis-h2.si
                         29. Viehwirtschaftliche Fachtagung, 24. - 25. April 2002
                         Bundesanstalt für alpenländische Landwirtschaft Gumpenstein, 8952 Irdning                                              1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      J. VERBIC
                        Table 1: Efficiency of microbial protein synthesis in various forages (VERBIC                                                                                       tein synthesis was measured, it has been
                        and BABNIK 1998, VERBIC et al. 1999a, VERBIC and BABNIK,  unpublished                                                                                               shown that a decline in efficiency of
                        results)                                                                                                                                                            microbial protein synthesis during the
                                                                    Dry matter (DM)                    Microbial protein yield                               Efficiency                     early maturity stages coincided with a
                                                                                                                                                   of microbial protein                     decline in the concentration of sugars
                                                                                                                                                             synthesis                      (Graph 1). An increase in microbial pro-
                                                                               g/kg                             g MP/kg DM                                g MP/kg FOM                       tein synthesis in mature grass (Graph 1)
                        Forage from permanent grasslands: first cut                                                                                                                         still remains to be explained.
                        Direct cut silage                                       213                                     69,3                                       139                      Considerable progress in the selection of
                        Formic acid treated silage                              236                                     70,8                                       132                      grass for high sugar concentration has
                        Wilted silage                                           432                                     68,1                                        115                     recently been achieved. It has been
                        Highly wilted silage                                    521                                     78,9                                       133
                        Hay                                                     893                                     79,8                                       126                      shown that a variety of such grass can at
                        Italian ryegrass: third cut                                                                                                                                         certain times of the year contain up to
                        Green forage (frozen)                                   218                                     82,8                                       162                      350 g of water soluble sugars per kg of
                        Silage                                                  477                                     73,6                                       158                      dry matter. When this variety was fed to
                        Maize silage                                                                                                                                                        dairy cows the milk production and ef-
                        Flint type hybrid                                       369                                    113,8                                       217                      ficiency in the use of grass protein
                        Dent type hybrid                                        374                                     99,4                                       165                      increased (MILLER et al. 2001).
                              200                                                                           200                                                                             Rumen environment
                                                                                                       s    175                                                                             An important factor which may alter the
                                                                                                       r
                              160                                                                      a
                           n                                                                           g   )
                           i                                                                           u   er                                                                               microbial protein yield in the rumen is
                           e                                                                           s   t150
                           t                                                                               t
                           o  120                                                                       of a
                            pr                                                                         n   m                                                                                pH value. Low pH value can be delete-
                           l                                                                           o    
                           a                                                                           i   y125
                           bi                                                                          at
                           o                                                                           r                                                                                    rious to rumen microbes, and especially
                                80                                                                     t   g dr
                           cr                                                                              k
                                                                                                       en  /100
                           Mi                                                                          c   g
                                                                                                       n   (                                                                                sensitive are protozoa. A low pH value
                                                                                                       o
                                40        Yield (g/kg dry matter intake)                               C     75                                                                             is also expected to reduce the digestibi-
                                          Efficiency  (g/kg fermentable organic matter intake)                           Concentration of sugars in herbage                                 lity of fibrous plant tissues. Due to low
                                 0                                                                           50
                                15. Apr. 25. Apr.    5. May   15. May 25. May 4. Jun. 14. Jun.                15. Apr.  25. Apr.   5. May    15. May 25. May      4. Jun.   14. Jun.        pH value, energy within the rumen is
                                                                Date                                                                          Date                                          diverted to non-growth functions, i.e.
                               7,0                                                                      n     60                                                                            maintaining neutral pH in bacterial cells
                                                                                                        o
                                                                                                        i
                                                                                                        t                                                                                   (STROBEL and RUSSEL 1986). Al-
                               6,5                                                                      a     55
                           id                                                                           b
                                                                                                        u
                           u                                                                            c                                                                                   though forage-based diets are generally
                           fl
                                                                                                         in
                           n   6,0                                                                       h n  50
                           me                                                                           4  e                                                                                not considered to promote rumen acidi-
                                                                                                        2  m
                            ru                                                                           – u
                           f   5,5                                                                      )     45                                                                            ty, the rumen pH value in diets contai-
                            o                                                                           %  he r
                           ue                                                                           (   t
                           l                                                                            y  n                                                                                ning solely immature grass may be well
                            va 5,0                                                                      iliti 40
                           H                                                                            b
                           p                                                                            a                                                                                   below the optimum. In a fresh forage ex-
                                                                                                        d
                               4,5                                                                      a     35           Degradability of standard hay sample as affected by
                                                                                                        r
                                          pHof rumen fluid 4 h after the morning feeding                g                  cellulolytic activity of rumen fluid during the ageing of        periment (Graph 1) we can speculate that
                                                                                                        De                 grass-clover mixture 
                               4,0                                                                            30                                                                            the increased efficiency of microbial pro-
                               15. Apr.   25. Apr.   5. May   15. May 25. May  4. Jun.       14. Jun.         15. Apr.  25. Apr.   5. May    15. May 25. May      4. Jun.   14. Jun.        tein synthesis in mature grass could be
                                                                Date                                                                          Date                                          due to the improved rumen environment.
                        Graph 1: Microbial protein synthesis, concentration of sugars, rumen pH value                                                                                       With advancing maturity, the pH value
                        and cellulolytic activity of the rumen fluid as expressed by dry matter degrada-                                                                                    of rumen fluid increased. An increase in
                        bility of a standard hay sample in the rumen during the ageing of grass-clover                                                                                      the rumen pH value was accompanied
                        herbage (VERBIC et al. 1999b, VERBIC et al. 2002a).                                                                                                                 by a pronounced rise in the cellulolytic
                        grass silages it varied from 115 to 158,                                          role of specific compounds which may                                              activity of the rumen fluid (Graph 1).
                        in hay it was 126, in maize silages it va-                                        stimulate microbial growth. CHAM-                                                 The degradability of a standard hay sam-
                        ried from 165 to 217 and in green forage                                          BERLAIN et al. (1993) reported higher                                             ple, which was incubated in the rumen
                        from 145 to 199 g of microbial protein                                            microbial protein yield when grass sila-                                          every six days of experiment (24 h incu-
                        per kg of fermentable organic matter. It                                          ge based diets were supplemented by                                               bation), was relatively constant (45%)
                        is evident that microbial protein synthe-                                         sucrose, fructose, lactose or xylose in                                           until the middle of May and gradually
                        sis in the rumen also depends on other                                            comparison to the addition of starch. If                                          increased to 52% thereafter. Another
                        factors which can not simply be explai-                                           the assumption of beneficial effect of                                            example in which rumen environment
                        ned by the concentration of fermentable                                           sugars is true, it can at least partially                                         played an important role in the determi-
                        organic matter.                                                                   explain the variability in efficiency of                                          nation of microbial protein yield can be
                        One of the possible explanations for the                                          microbial protein synthesis between                                               found in maize silage diets. Silage made
                        wide variability in the efficiency of                                             forages. In experiments in which the ef-                                          from the flint type hybrid supported a
                        microbial protein synthesis in forage-                                            fect of the ageing of a grass-clover mix-                                         higher microbial protein production than
                        based diets can be associated with the                                            ture on the efficiency of microbial pro-                                          that from the dent type hybrid (Table 1).
                                                                                                                                                                    29. Viehwirtschaftliche Fachtagung, BAL Gumpenstein 2002
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                  Factors affecting microbial protein synthesis in the rumen with emphasis on diets containing forages
                  This occurred despite similar concentra-                           77
                                                                                                                                                100
                  tions of rumen degradable starch and                             )           Fresh forage                                   )           Silage
                  despite the fact that the degradability of                       % 73                                                       %  90
                                                                                   (                                                          (
                                                                                   y                                                          y
                  non-grain fraction per se was higher in                          ilit                                                       ilit
                                                                                   b 69                                                       b
                                                                                   a                                                          a  80
                                                                                   d                                                          d
                  dent type hybrid than in flint.  Again, it                       a                                                          a
                                                                                   r                                                          r
                                                                                   g                                                          g
                  was clearly shown that a higher efficien-                        e 65                                                       e  70
                                                                                    d                                                          d
                                                                                   n                                                          n
                                                                                   i                                                          i
                                                                                   e                                                          e
                  cy of microbial protein synthesis in sila-                       t                                                          t
                                                                                   o                                                          o
                                                                                   r                               2                          r
                  ge made from flint type hybrid was rela-                         P 61                  y = -0.002x + 0.61x + 25.97          P  60     y = -0.031x + 86.26
                                                                                                                    2
                                                                                                                  R = 0.987                                  2
                                                                                                                                                            R = 0.540
                  ted to a higher rumen pH value (6.33 vs.                           57                                                          50
                  6.21) and better conditions for cellulo-                              70     90    110   130    150    170   190    210          90         290         490         690        890
                  lysis which were expressed through the                                       Crude protein concentration (g/kg DM)                          Dry matter concentration (g/kg)
                  higher effective degradability of insolu-                           90
                  ble non-starch carbohydrate fraction of                          )           Hay
                                                                                   %
                  maize silage (35.5 vs. 31.7 %, VERBIC                            (  80
                                                                                   y
                                                                                   ilit
                  and BABNIK, unpublished results).                                b
                                                                                   a
                                                                                   d
                                                                                   a
                                                                                   r  70
                                                                                   g
                  In conclusion, it should be pointed out                          e
                                                                                    d
                                                                                   n
                                                                                   i
                  that a low rumen pH value may inhibit                            e
                                                                                   t
                                                                                   o  60
                                                                                   r
                  microbial protein yield by inhibiting the                        P                               y = 0.170x + 50.78
                                                                                                                        2
                  degradation of fibrous material as well                                                              R = 0.827
                  as by diverting the available energy to                             50
                                                                                        50          90         130         170        210
                  non-growth functions.                                                        Crude protein concentration (g/kg DM)
                  The supply of nitrogen                                       Graph 2: Most pronounced relationship between forage composition and pro-
                  compounds                                                    tein degradability in green forage, silage and hay (BABNIK and VERBIC 1996,
                  Protein degradation in the rumen is one                      VERBIC et al. 1999a, VERBIC et al. 2002a, VERBIC et al. 2002b)
                  of the main reasons for the inefficient
                  utilisation of protein in ruminants. On                                        180
                  the other hand, nitrogen compounds                                                    y = 0,7692x - 5,578
                  which are released during the protein                                       )              R2 = 0,900
                  degradation are crucial for microbial                                       M  140
                  growth in the rumen. In modern protein                                      g D
                                                                                              (g/k
                  systems it is required that the needs of                                     
                                                                                              n
                                                                                              i
                                                                                              e
                  rumen microbes for nitrogen compounds                                       t
                  are fully covered either by degradable                                       pro100
                                                                                              e
                  dietary protein or by metabolic nitrogen,                                   l
                  which arise from the oxidation of amino                                     egradab
                  acids in animal tissues and which can be                                     d  60
                                                                                              n
                                                                                              e                                                                         Silage
                  recycled into the rumen. In some systems                                    m
                                                                                              u                                                                         Fresh forage
                  it is proposed that the capture of rumen                                    R
                  degradable protein is not complete                                                                                                                    Hay
                                                                                                  20
                  (INRA 1988, AFRC 1992) and therefo-                                                50                  100                 150                 200                 250
                  re a surplus of rumen degradable prote-                                                                 Crude protein concentration (g/kg DM)
                  in is required.
                  As already discussed, the efficiency of                      Graph 3: Relationship between crude protein concentration and the supply of
                  microbial protein synthesis is highly va-                    rumen microbes by rumen degradable protein in green forage, grass silage
                  riable. Therefore, in practice, the mini-                    and hay (BABNIK and VERBIC 1996, VERBIC et al. 2002a, VERBIC et al. 2002b)
                  mal requirements for rumen degradable
                  protein can be under- or overestimated.                      ble nitrogen increased to a greater ex-                       be claimed that forages of similar prote-
                  On the other hand, a wide variation was                      tent than can be expected from protein                        in concentration provide similar amounts
                  also observed in the protein degradabi-                      concentration per se. It was established                      of rumen degradable protein (Graph 3).
                  lity of forages. It was found that in fresh                  that in grass silages protein degradabili-                    There are a number of reports of
                  forage and hay, protein degradability was                    ty mainly depends on dry matter concen-                       increased microbial protein yields in re-
                  closely related to protein concentration.                    tration. For each g of increased DM con-                      sponse to the addition of N in the form
                  Protein degradability with increasing                        centration protein degradability de-                          of amino acids or peptides. Increased
                  protein concentration in forage increased                    creased by about  0.031 %. Despite the                        microbial growth can be expected first
                  (Graph 2). This means that with increa-                      pronounced effect of forage preservati-                       of all in diets containing a high level of
                  sing protein concentration in fresh fora-                    on methods on protein degradability                           starch (RUSSEL et al. 1992). However,
                  ges or hay the supply of rumen degrada-                      (VERBIC et al. 1999a) it can generally                        recently OH et al. (1999) reported that
                  29. Viehwirtschaftliche Fachtagung, BAL Gumpenstein 2002
                                                                                                                                                                                                    3
                                                                                                                                        J. VERBIC
                                                                                                        amino acids and peptides are quickly
                         40                                                                             degraded in the rumen and it is questio-
                      )         DEFAUNATED SHEEP         REFAUNATED SHEEP                               nable whether they can really support
                      n
                      e                                                                                 microbial growth. A considerably better
                       rum                                                                              source of free amino acids and peptides
                    s e  30
                    i h
                    s t                                                                                 may be found in slowly degradable pro-
                    e
                    h  in 
                    t                                                                                   tein fraction which comprise in green
                    n ed
                    y t
                    s s
                                                                                                        forage 74% (52–84%), in hay 46% (27–
                    n ge
                    eii  20                                                                             55%) and in silage 35% (16–56%) of
                    ot d
                    r r
                      e
                     pt
                      t                                                                                 total protein (VERBIC and BABNIK,
                    ala
                    obi m                                                                               unpublished results). Due to the speci-
                    r
                    c
                    i nic                                                                               fic needs of rumen microbes for amino
                    M ga 10
                      r
                      o
                                                                                                        acids and peptides, it can be expected
                      g
                      k
                      /                                                                                 that by synchronising the availability of
                      (g                                                                                fermentable energy and degradable pro-
                          0                                                                             tein in the rumen, the efficiency of micro-
                                    WATER                  UREA                  CASEIN                 bial protein production can be increased.
                                                                                                        Typical synchrony indexes, which des-
             Graph 4: Effect of intraruminal infusion of ammonia or casein on the efficiency            cribed synchrony of crude protein and
             of microbial synthesis in the rumen of defaunated sheep which were given                   dry matter degradation in the rumen, are
             ammonial treated straw (VERBIC and CHEN 1989)                                              presented in Graph 5. It is evident that
             the response of microbial protein syn-       available peptides and free amino acids       with advancing maturity the synchroni-
             thesis to the inclusion of casein as oppo-   can be expected in forages. Plant prote-      city of forages decreased. Relative to
             sed to urea was even greater at low level    in is broken down into peptides and free      silages (mean IS=0.69), synchrony inde-
             of starch. VERBIC and CHEN (1990)            amino acids by the action of plant pro-       xes (IS) were generally higher in fresh
             for instance infused urea or casein into     teases (KEMBLE 1956) while the bre-           forages (mean IS=0.84) and hay (mean
             the rumen of sheep which were given          akdown of amino acids to ammonia and          IS=0.80).
             ammonia-treated straw (Graph 4). In          other forms of  non-protein compounds         Rumen outflow rate
             comparison with urea, casein improved        is mainly caused by the action of clostri-    One of the factors which affect the ef-
             the efficiency of microbial protein syn-     dia in the silo (OHSHIMA and McDO-            ficiency of microbial protein synthesis
             thesis in the rumen. That happened in        NALD 1978). Therefore, concentrations         is rumen outflow rate.  Faster outflow
             sheep with a normal rumen population         of peptides and  amino acids are expec-       rate is expected to reduce the mainte-
             as well as in defaunated sheep. Consi-       ted to be higher in fresh forage and hay      nance costs of microbes because they
             derable variation in the concentration of    than in silage. It is considered that free    spend less time within the rumen.  From
                                                                                                        a theoretical point of view, it would be
                       1,0                                                                              expected that the maximum microbial
                                                                                                        yield would occur when the dilution rate
                                                                                                        was equal to the multiplication rate of
                       0,8                                                                              bacteria (ØRSKOV 1992). The theory
                    x                                                                                   has been confirmed experimentally
                    e                                                                                   (HARRISON et al. 1975, KENNEDY
                    d  0,6                                                                              and MILLIGAN 1978, DEWHURST
                     in
                    y
                    n                                                                                   and WEBSTER 1992, MURPHY et al.
                    o
                    r
                    h                                                                                   1994) and there are some protein systems
                    c  0,4
                    n                                                                                   which already takes it into account. In
                    Sy                                                                                  AFRC (1992) for instance, it is suppo-
                       0,2                                                                              sed that the efficiency of microbial pro-
                              Silage                                                                    tein synthesis can be increased by about
                              Fresh forage                                                              20% if rumen outflow rate is increased
                              Hay                                                                                          -1
                       0,0                                                                              from 0.02 to 0.08 h . Rumen outflow rate
                          150        200        250        300        350        400        450         is a function of dry matter intake and
                                            Crude fibre concentration (g/kg DM)                         therefore it can be assumed that the ef-
                                                                                                        ficiency of microbial protein synthesis
             Graph 5: Relationship between crude fibre concentration and synchrony index                in the rumen can be increased by an
             which describes the synchrony of crude protein and dry matter degradation in               increase in dry matter intake. One of the
             the rumen for green forage, grass silage and hay (VERBIC and BABNIK, unpu-                 most important factors which limits in-
             blished results).                                                                          take of low quality roughages is their
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