Omid Khorasani; Morteza Chaji; Farshad Baghban
Volume 23, Issue 1 , March 2021, , Pages 47-59
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ruminal pH-adjusting additives on histomorphometry and histopathology of rumen - reticulum and liver tissues. Twenty-four Arabi male lambs with three to four months old and initial body weight of 23.9±3.15 kg were used in a completely randomized ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of ruminal pH-adjusting additives on histomorphometry and histopathology of rumen - reticulum and liver tissues. Twenty-four Arabi male lambs with three to four months old and initial body weight of 23.9±3.15 kg were used in a completely randomized design with three treatments and eight replicates in a period of 77 days. The experimental treatments consisted of a control diet, control diet + sodium bicarbonate buffer (buffer), and control diet + Megasphaera elsdenii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (bacterial- yeast). At the end of the experiment, lambs were slaughtered and samples were taken from the liver and gastrointestinal tract for tissue studies. Rumen-reticulum wall thickness in the buffer receiving lambs was greater than that of control group (p < 0.05). The thickness of the rumen-reticulum epithelium in the buffer and bacterial-yeast receiving lambs was less than the control group (p < 0.05). Rumen-reticulum papillae thickness was higher in control than other treatments (p < 0.05). The thickness of reticulum tunica muscularis in the buffer treatment was higher than other treatments (p < 0.05). Periportal hepatitis was seen mildly in the liver of bacterial- yeast receiving lambs. In according to the results of the present experiment, the use of pH regulators, especially bacterial-yeast, in lambs fed with high concentrate levels, in terms of histopathology, reduce tissue damages in the rumen- reticulum and liver and improve tissue structure of rumen-reticulum.