Ammonia detoxication efficacy in cattle adapted or not to dietary urea and afterwards undergone to different privation periods / Eficiência da desintoxicação de amônia em bovinos adaptados ou não com uréia dietética e submetidos a diferentes períodos de privação

AUTOR(ES)

Néria Vania Marcos dos Santos

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2005

RESUMO

This study was carried out to investigate the recommendation stated by Huber (1978) that there is a need to re-adapted cattle that were fed previously with dietary urea, but subsequently were deprived of this nutrient for more than 3 d. Twenty four steers fed a low crude protein ration, deprived of urea, were randomly distributed into 5 equal groups, and were fed as follows: O (control; basal diet); the remaining groups (A,B, C and D) were fed the basal diet + urea (1% D.M.) for 21 d; afterwards the groups B,C and D were fed only the basal diet for 4, 15 and 30 d, respectively. Thereafter, all steers were challenged with an intravenous infusion of ammonium chloride (1.5 M) up to the outcome of convulsion when the infusion was stopped. Throughout the infusion and for 3 h later clinical examination was carried out; blood samples and whole urine were also collected. The steers adapted to urea (A,B,C and D) needed a greater amount of ammonium chloride to cause convulsion (p <0.001) and took longer to exhibited this symptom than the control group. As compared to the control, all the adapted groups, but the C, had a less severe clinical picture and recovered sooner, and did not require any medical treatment after the end of the experiment. This resistance was due a faster fall in the blood ammonia level, caused by a greater activity of the urea cycle, excretion of a higher excretion of ammonium and urinary volume. It was demonstrated that the higher the production and excretion urea by the kidneys, the greater the diuresis, that by its turn increased the excretion of ammonium into the urine improving the efficiency of detoxification, principally at the most critic moment of the poisoning (from the convulsion up to 1st h later). It was concluded that cattle fed previously with urea and afterwards restricted of urea for up to 30 d do not require a new re-adaptation period, contradicting Hubers axiom.

ASSUNTO(S)

ammonia bovinos intoxicação cattle amônia intoxication urea (usage) uréia (uso)

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