1993, Cilt 9, Sayı 2, Sayfa(lar) 031-035
EFFECT OF ACUTE RUMINAL ACIDOSIS ON RIBOFLAVIN AND NIACIN CONCENTRATIONS IN SHEEP
Abdullah Başoğlu1, Kürşat Turgut1, Mursayettin Eksen2, Bünyamin Traş3, Mehmet Maden1, Mahmut Ok1, A. Levent Baş3, Tufan Keçeci2
1S.Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi, İç Hastalıkları ABD.
2S.Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi, Fizyoloji ABD.
3S. Ü. Veteriner Fakültesi, Farmakoloji ABD.
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Six non-lactating, non-pregnant adult ewes divided info two groups of 3 animals each as a control and experimental groups were used to evaluate the effect of experimentally induced acute ruminal acidosis on plasma and rumen fluid riboflavin and niacin concentrations. Decreasements in ruminal fluid pH, the count of protozoa and increase in the count of bacteria were related to gradual decreases in plasma riboflavin and niacin concentration. Plasma riboflavin and niacin concentrations decreased respectively from 9.51 mcg/ml and 7.01 mcg/ml to 0.42 mcg/ml and 0.09 mcg/ml at the first day of the experiment (p<0. 05) and than inclined towards normal values. Similar drastical decrease in the niacin concentration of rumen fluid was determined at the first day of the experiment.