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  • Title: Influence of short-chain fatty acids on ammonia absorption across the rumen wall in sheep.
    Author: Bödeker D, Shen Y, Kemkowski J, Höller H.
    Journal: Exp Physiol; 1992 Mar; 77(2):369-76. PubMed ID: 1581065.
    Abstract:
    The effects of short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) on ammonia net absorption from the sheep rumen in vivo and on ammonia transport across rumen wall mucosa in vitro were studied. Ammonia net absorption was directly, though in a non-linear manner, correlated with the SCFA concentration in the artificial rumen fluid. Almost 70% of total ammonia absorption was dependent upon the presence of SCFA when 12 mmol l-1 ammonia and 67.5 mmol l-1 SCFA were present. Lactic acid was ineffective. Incubation experiments showed that mucosal disappearance and serosal appearance of ammonia were reduced by 38% and 32%, respectively, when SCFA (63 mmol l-1) were replaced by lactic acid. The SCFA effect was independent of the type of SCFA used. In part of the experiments up to 54% of the ammonia taken up by the tissue was not recovered in the serosal incubation solution and must have been metabolized in the mucosa.
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