Procedure for analysis of α-tocopherol acetate in bovine ruminal fluid

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 391-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. McDiarmid ◽  
W. Majak ◽  
K.-J. Cheng

A procedure was developed for the rapid analysis of vitamin E in bovine ruminal fluid. α-Tocopherol acetate (20 ppm) was not degraded in vitro nor was there evidence of ester hydrolysis when it was incubated for 24 h in ruminal fluid from cattle fed three forage diets. Key words: Vitamin E, α-tocopherol acetate, ruminal fluid, cattle

1998 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-149
Author(s):  
M. V. Simpson ◽  
M. Hidiroglou ◽  
T. R. Batra ◽  
X. Zhao

The effects of daily supplementation of 1000 IU of either d-α-tocopherol acetate or dl-α-tocopherol acetate to Holstein cows from drying off to 8 wk post-partum on plasma creatine kinase and selenium levels in plasma and red blood cells were studied. Supplementation with either d-α-tocopherol acetate or dl-α-tocopherol acetate showed no effect on selenium levels in both plasma and red blood cells. However, supplementation with d-α-tocopherol acetate, but not dl-α-tocopherol acetate decreased plasma creatine kinase significantly (P < 0.05) prior to parturition. Key words: Vitamin E, creatine kinase, selenium


1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. C. Duff ◽  
M. L. Galyean ◽  
M. E. Branine

Effects of adaptation to L, M or a daily rotation of L and M (R) on in vitro fermentation were measured in a replicated in vitro experiment with a 4 × 4 factorial arrangement of treatments. Treatments were adaptation of ruminal fluid donor steers (0 or 200 mg steer−1 d−1 of L, M or R) and culture ionophore treatment (0 or 4 μg mL−1 of L, M or a 50:50 mixture of L and M). At 12 and 24 h, IVDMD was increased (P < 0.05) by adaptation to L compared with M, and decreased at 12 h (P < 0.05) by adaptation to R compared with the average of L and M adaptation. At 6 and 12 h, culture ionophore treatments increased (P < 0.10) IVDMD, compared with control. After 24 and 48 h of in vitro incubation, L adaptation increased (P < 0.01) acetate, decreased (P < 0.01) propionate, increased the acetate/propionate ratio (P < 0.01), and increased total VF A (P < 0.05), compared with M adaptation. Total VFA was increased (P < 0.10) for ionophore adaptation treatments compared with control at 48 h of incubation. Culture ionophore treatments decreased (P < 0.10) acetate and increased (P < 0.05) propionate at 24 and 48 h and decreased the acetate/propionate ratio (P < 0.10) at 24 h of incubation versus control cultures, with no measurable effects on total VFA. Adaptation treatments did not interact with culture treatments, suggesting that animals used as inoculum donors for in vitro experiments involving ionophores need not be adapted to an ionophore. Key words: In vitro, fermentation, ionophores, monensin, lasalocid


1993 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 453-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Charmley ◽  
J. W. G. Nicholson ◽  
J. A. Zee

Twenty-four mid-lactation Holstein cows of mixed parity were used in a 2 × 2 factorial design to examine the effects of vitamin E and Se supplementation on performance, levels of anti-oxidants in milk and resistance of milk to oxidation. Only a proportion of cows (25%) produced milk susceptible to oxidation; however, there was a trend (P = 0.11) toward reduced oxidized flavor when vitamin E was given. Milk production was increased when either vitamin E or Se were given alone (P = 0.056). Supplementation with 8000 IU dl-α-tocopheryl acetate d−1 approximately doubled α-tocopherol concentration in blood and milk (P < 0.001). Se supplementation with Se-enriched yeast at 5 mg d−1 increased Se levels in milk from 13.2 to 34.7 μg L−1 (P < 0.001). Key words: Vitamin E, tocopherol, selenium, milk, oxidized flavor, cow


1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (3) ◽  
pp. 417-423
Author(s):  
G. C. Duff ◽  
M. L. Galyean ◽  
M. E. Branine

Effects of adaptation to lasalocid (L) or monensin (M) on in vitro fermentation of prairie hay were measured in a replicated in vitro experiment with a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments. Treatments were adaptation of ruminal fluid donor steers (ADAPT; no ionophore, 200 mg steer−1 d−1 of L, or 200 mg steer−1 d−1 of M) and culture ionophores (IONO; no ionophore, 4 μg mL−1 of L, or 4 μg mL−1 of M). At 12 and 96 h of incubation, in vitro dry matter disappearance (IVDMD) was increased (P < 0.10 and P < 0.05, respectively) by M-ADAPT compared with L-ADAPT, and IVDMD was increased (P < 0.10) by ionophore adaptation treatments compared with control at 96 h of incubation. In contrast to effects of adaptation treatments, culture ionophore treatments decreased (P < 0.01) IVDMD at 12 and 96 h compared with control; furthermore, at 12 h, M in culture decreased (P < 0.05) IVDMD compared with L in culture. At 24, 48, and 72 h addition of both L and M in culture to unadapted inoculum decreased (P < 0.10) IVDMD compared with control. Addition of M in culture decreased (P < 0.10) the rate of IVDMD when added to unadapted and L-adapted inoculum compared with C and L in culture. Acetate was decreased (P < 0.10), propionate increased (P < 0.10), and the acetate:propionate ratio decreased (P < 0.05) by ionophore adaptation compared with control at 24 h of incubation and by culture ionophore treatments compared with control at 48 h of incubation. Results indicate that effects of ionophores on in vitro fermentation of prairie hay depended on adaptation of the donor animals to the ionophores. In addition, monensin, when added to the culture, seemed to be more detrimental to in vitro fermentation of a low-quality forage than lasalocid. Key words: In vitro, fermentation, ionophores, monensin, lasalocid


2006 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. King ◽  
J. C. Plaizier

Apparent (ADD) and true (TDD) in vitro dry matter digestibilities of 12 ruminant feeds were determined with the DAISYII incubator (ANKOM Technology Corp. Macedon, NY) using inoculum prepared from ruminal fluid obtained from steers fed grass hay or from cows fed total mixed ration (56% forage and 44% grain, DM basis). Inoculum source did not affect ADD and TDD. Averaged across feeds and sources of inoculum, ADD was 6.7 percentage points lower than TDD. Key words: In vitro dry matter digestibility, ruminant feeds, inoculum, ANKOM DAISYII incubator


PEDIATRICS ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 593-597
Author(s):  
Solomon L. Alade ◽  
R. E. Brown ◽  
Andrew Paquet

The relatively recent introduction and use of an intravenous form of a vitamin E preparation (E-Ferol) has been associated with the development of an unusual syndrome and fatalities among low birth weight (&lt;1,500 g), premature infants in neonatal intensive care units. We have observed an inhibitory effect by this vitamin E preparation on the in vitro response of human lymphocytes to phytohemagglutinin (PHA). E-Ferol suppressed the expected response to low doses of PHA. However, this suppression was not due to the α-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E) component, because α-tocopherol acetate by itself was not inhibitory; in fact, it often enhanced the PHA response. Because a mixture of polysorbate 80 and polysorbate 20 is used as a carrier in E-Ferol, these components were also tested and were found to be responsible for the suppression, especially the polysorbate 80. Concurrent with this suppression of PHA-induced mitogenesis was a decrease in the percentage of T11 lymphocytes.


1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Meneses ◽  
T. R. Batra ◽  
M. Hidiroglou

Eighteen ewes were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: control, injected vitamin E, and injected selenium, with the objective of evaluating the effect of these treatments on the concentration of vitamin E and selenium in the milk. Vitamin E injections were given by intramuscular injection at the rate of 2000 IU per ewe at lambing and at 6 wk after lambing. Selenium supplementation was given by intramuscular injection at the rate of 12 mg sodium selenite at lambing and at 5 wk after lambing. Milk samples from all ewes in the three groups were collected for determination of vitamin E and selenium 0, 1, 2, 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, and 56 d after lambing. Ewes injected with vitamin E or selenium at lambing increased the concentration of these nutrients in milk during the first 14 d of lactation; as a result, increased amounts of vitamin E and selenium were available to suckling lambs during their early days of life. Milk levels of selenium but not vitamin E were increased by subsequent injection of selenium or vitamin E, respectively. It was also observed that colostrum contained higher concentrations of both vitamin E and selenium than did whole milk. Key words: Vitamin E, Se, milk, ewes


2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 295-295
Author(s):  
Fernando C. Delvecchio ◽  
Ricardo M. Brizuela ◽  
Karen J. Byer ◽  
W. Patrick Springhart ◽  
Saeed R. Khan ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (01) ◽  
pp. 089-092 ◽  
Author(s):  
M A Boogaerts ◽  
J Van de Broeck ◽  
H Deckmyn ◽  
C Roelant ◽  
J Vermylen ◽  
...  

SummaryThe effect of alfa-tocopherol on the cell-cell interactions at the vessel wall were studied, using an in vitro model of human umbilical vein endothelial cell cultures (HUEC). Immune triggered granulocytes (PMN) will adhere to and damage HUEC and platelets enhance this PMN mediated endothelial injury. When HUEC are cultured in the presence of vitamin E, 51Cr-leakage induced by complement stimulated PMN is significantly decreased and the enhanced cytotoxicity by platelets is completely abolished (p <0.001).The inhibition of PMN induced endothelial injury is directly correlated to a diminished adherence of PMN to vitamin E- cultured HUEC (p <0.001), which may be mediated by an increase of both basal and stimulated endogenous prostacyclin (PGI2) from alfa-tocopherol-treated HUEC (p <0.025). The vitamin E-effect is abolished by incubation of HUEC with the irreversible cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, acetylsalicylic acid, but the addition of exogenous PGI2 could not reproduce the vitamin E-mediated effects.We conclude that vitamin E exerts a protective effect on immune triggered endothelial damage, partly by increasing the endogenous anti-oxidant potential, partly by modulating intrinsic endothelial prostaglandin production. The failure to reproduce vitamin E-protection by exogenously added PGI2 may suggest additional, not yet elucidated vitamin E-effects on endothelial metabolism.


Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1253
Author(s):  
Chae-Hyung Sun ◽  
Jae-Sung Lee ◽  
Jalil Ghassemi Nejad ◽  
Won-Seob Kim ◽  
Hong-Gu Lee

We evaluated the effects of a rumen-protected microencapsulated supplement from linseed oil (MO) on ruminal fluid, growth performance, meat quality, and fatty acid composition in Korean native steers. In an in vitro experiment, ruminal fluid was taken from two fistulated Holstein dairy cows. Different levels of MO (0%, 1%, 2%, 3%, and 4%) were added to the diet. In an in vivo experiment, eight steers (average body weight = 597.1 ± 50.26 kg; average age = 23.8 ± 0.12 months) were assigned to two dietary groups, no MO (control) and MO (3% MO supplementation on a DM basis), for 186 days. The in vitro study revealed that 3% MO is an optimal dose, as there were decreases in the neutral detergent fiber and acid detergent fiber digestibility at 48 h (p < 0.05). The in vivo study showed increases in the feed efficiency and average daily gain in the 3% MO group compared to the control group on days 1 to 90 (p < 0.05). Regarding meat quality, the shear force produced by the longissimus thoracis muscle in steers from the 3% MO group was lower than that produced by the control group (p < 0.05). Interestingly, in terms of the fatty acid profile, higher concentrations of C22:6n3 were demonstrated in the subcutaneous fat and higher concentrations of C18:3n3, C20:3n3, and C20:5n3 were found in the intramuscular fat from steers fed with 3% MO (p < 0.05). Our results indicate that supplementation with 3% MO supplements improves the growth performance and meat quality modulated by the omega-3 fatty acid content of meat in Korean native steers.


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