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J. Dairy Sci. 87:3386-3397
© American Dairy Science Association, 2004.

The Passage of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Silage into Rumen Fluid, In Vitro Studies

Z. G. Weinberg, Y. Chen and M. Gamburg

Forage Preservation and By-Products Research Unit, Department of Food Science, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel

Corresponding author: Zwi G. Weinberg; e-mail: zgw{at}volcani.agri.gov.il.

Inoculated silages sometimes improve cattle performance, possibly because of probiotic effects of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) silage inoculants. The cause of improved animal performance following feeding with inoculated silage is unclear. One issue in studying this phenomenon is to find out whether LAB pass from silage into the rumen fluid and survive in it. The purpose of the present study was to determine whether LAB from inoculated and uninoculated silages pass into the rumen fluid in vitro. Wheat and corn silages, uninoculated or inoculated with 1 of 10 commercial silage inoculant LAB, were prepared in glass jars. After ensiling, a 2.5-g silage sample was added to 25 mL of heat-sterilized or strained rumen fluid together with 5 g/L glucose, and incubated for 48 h at 39°C. Analysis of the incubated rumen fluid included pH measurement, enumeration of LAB, and determination of lactic acid and volatile fatty acids (VFA). The pH of the rumen fluid decreased during incubation; both heat-sterilized and strained rumen fluid contained large numbers of LAB. The heat-sterilized rumen fluid contained lactic acid in addition to VFA, whereas the strained rumen fluid contained only VFA. The results indicate that LAB pass from silage samples into the rumen fluid in vitro and survive there. Their interactions with rumen microorganisms should be studied further to understand how some silage inoculant LAB exhibit probiotic effects in dairy cattle.

Key Words: lactic acid bacteria silage inoculants • rumen fluid • probiotic effect

Abbreviation key: ARF = heat-sterilized (autoclaved) rumen fluid, LAB = lactic acid bacteria, RF = rumen fluid, SRF = strained rumen fluid.




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