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Effects of dietary protein and energy intakes on growth hormone, insulin, glucose tolerance and fatty acid synthesis in young wether sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

G. C. Waghorn ,
D. S. Flux  and
M. J. Ulyatt
G. C. Waghorn
Affiliation:
Applied Biochemistry Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand
D. S. Flux
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
M. J. Ulyatt
Affiliation:
Applied Biochemistry Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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Abstract

A group of 16 Romney wether sheep fitted with rumen and abomasal cannulae and aged 11 to 12 months was allocated to either high or low crude protein (CP) pelleted diets (220 (HP) and 120 (LP) g CP per kg) to give four daily intakes of dry matter (356, 711, 1067 and 1422 g) within each diet, giving two sheep per treatment. Diets were given hourly for 40 days during which time growth rates, plasma concentrations of insulin (I) and growth hormone (GH) were determined, a glucose tolerance test was performed and relative rates of fatty acid (FA) synthesis were determined.

Live-weight changes ranged from –46 to 215 g/day and wool growth ranged from 86 to 210 mg per 100 cm2 daily.

Plasma GH concentrations were significantly higher (P < 0·001) in sheep given LP diets (21·2 (s.e. 4·2) μg/1) than in those given HP diets (10·1 (s.e. 1·8) μg/1) and negatively correlated with both energy (E) (r = –0·62; P < 0·01) and nitrogen (N) (r = –0·63; P < 0·01) intakes which proportionately accounted for 0·47 of the variance in plasma GH concentration (P < 0·01). Plasma I concentrations were higher (P < 0·05) in sheep given HP diets (2·77 (s.e. 0·34) μg/1) than in sheep given LP diets (1·86 (s.e. 0·23) μg/1). Intakes of E and N proportionately accounted for 0·38 of variance in I concentration which was primarily determined by N intake.

After intravenous infusion of glucose (150 mg/min) for 30 min, significant differences in the rate at which plasma glucose and I concentrations declined to pre-infusion levels were evident with different daily intakes of the pelleted diets.

Synthesis of FA in adipose tissue was on average 1·7 times more rapid in sheep given HP than in sheep given LP diets (P < 0·05) and increased approximately three-fold with increasing intake. Partial correlations showed differences in E and N intakes were able to account for 0·73 (P < 0·01) of the variance in FA synthesis rates, with N intake having a greater influence than E intake (partial correlations: r = 0·53; P < 0·05 and r = 0·35; P > 0·05 respectively).

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Animal Production , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , February 1987 , pp. 143 - 152
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1987

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