Comparison of digestive microflora between feedlot cattle with and without infection by Cryptosporidium andersoni

The influence of cryptosporidial abomasitis on digestive anaerobic microflora in feedlot cattle with spontaneous Cryptosporidium andersoni colonization of abomasum was shown. Significant differences were found after the cultivation of abomasal content. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was detected in dama...

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Published in:Folia microbiologica 2004, Vol.49 (2), p.165-168
Main Authors: Holko, I, Pavlásek, I, Barton, L, Kmet, V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abomasum - microbiology
Abomasum - pathology
Ammonia - analysis
Animals
Ascomycota - isolation & purification
Ascomycota - pathogenicity
Bacteria, Anaerobic - genetics
Bacteria, Anaerobic - isolation & purification
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - microbiology
Cryptosporidiosis - microbiology
Cryptosporidiosis - veterinary
Cryptosporidium andersoni
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
DNA, Bacterial - isolation & purification
Fatty Acids, Volatile - analysis
Fungi - isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rumen - chemistry
Rumen - microbiology
Scopulariopsis brevicaulis
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Summary:The influence of cryptosporidial abomasitis on digestive anaerobic microflora in feedlot cattle with spontaneous Cryptosporidium andersoni colonization of abomasum was shown. Significant differences were found after the cultivation of abomasal content. Scopulariopsis brevicaulis was detected in damaged areas of infected abomasum. PCR analysis of ruminal fluid showed no differences between the two animal groups regarding qualitative composition of anaerobic and facultative anaerobic rumen microflora. The concentration of volatile fatty acids (acetate, propionate, butyrate) and ammonia in the rumen content showed that examined metabolic parameters were within normal limits except for ammonia content, which was higher in infected (291 mg/kg) than in healthy animals (203 mg/kg).
ISSN:0015-5632
DOI:10.1007/BF02931393