Ciência Rural (Feb 2002)

SUSCEPTIBILIDADE DE BOVINOS DAS RAÇAS JERSEY E GIR À ACIDOSE LÁCTICA RUMINAL: II - ACIDOSE METABÓLICAE METABOLIZAÇÃO DO LACTATO-L SUSCEPTIBILITY OF JERSEY AND GIR STEERS TO RUMEN LACTIC ACIDOSIS: II - METABOLIC ACIDOSIS AND L-LACTATE METABOLISM

  • Celso Akio Maruta,
  • Enrico Lippi Ortolani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-84782002000100011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 32, no. 1
pp. 61 – 65

Abstract

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Quatro garrotes Jersey (J) (Bos taurus) e quatro Gir (G) (Bos indicus) foram utilizados para comparar a susceptibilidade de zebuínos e taurinos à acidose láctica ruminal (ALR). Neste trabalho, acompanhou-se o grau da acidose metabólica (AM) e a metabolização do lactato-L. A ALR foi induzida com a administração de sacarose intraruminal. Amostras de sangue foram colhidas nos seguintes momentos: zero, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22 e 24 horas. Foram determinadas as concentrações de lactato total, de seus isômeros L e D e o perfil hemogasométrico. Nos momentos mais críticos observados (14ªh a 18ªh), a AM foi severa em ambas as raças, porém, ao término do experimento, esta passou a grau moderado nos garrotes G, mantendo-se severa nos J. Os animais J absorveram, do rúmen, maiores quantidades de lactato-D, o qual apresentou correlação negativa com o pH sangüíneo (r = - 0,78). Por outro lado, o lactato-L foi mais absorvido e utilizado nos bovinos G, contribuindo para a restauração parcial do equilíbrio ácido-básico e gerando alterações nas pCO2 e pO2. Os garrotes zebuínos da raça Gir apresentaram menor susceptibilidade à AM que os taurinos da raça Jersey.In order to compare the susceptibility to acute rumen lactic acidosis (RLA), four Jersey (J) (Bos taurus) and four Gir (G) (Bos indicus) steers were used to evaluate the degree of metabolic acidosis (MA) and the metabolism of L-lactate during the RLA. The RLA was induced by the administration of sucrose into the rumen. Blood samples were collected at following times: zero, 14th,16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd and 24th h. Total lactic acid and its isomers, and blood gas determination were measured. At the most critical moments (14th to 18th h) the MA was severe in both breeds, but the MA became moderate in the G steers and remained severe in the J steers at the end of the trial. Higher amounts of D-lactate was absorbed from the rumen to the blood of the J steers; the higher the D-lactate plasma level, the lower the blood pH in this breed (r = - 0.78). Conversely, L-lactate was more absorbed and metabolised in the G steers promoting a partial recovery of the acid-basic homeostasis, as measured by the pO2 and pCO2 changes. The Bos indicus steers were less susceptible to metabolic acidosis than the Bos taurus steers.

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