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  • Title: [The determination of a gross utilization of 15N-lysine in laboratory rats. 2. Comparative testing with an antibiotic supplement to the diet].
    Author: Bergner H, Schwandt H, Lenk J.
    Journal: Arch Tierernahr; 1993; 43(1):3-16. PubMed ID: 8512448.
    Abstract:
    Wistar rats of a live weight of about 100 g received in 26 groups (4 animals/group) diets, each with a different lysine content. The rations given supplied the animals with 75%, 100% or 125% lysine of the calculated requirement. The source of protein in the diets was: barley (B), wheat (W), wheat gluten (WG), isolated soybean protein (assay protein) (S) or soybean meal (SM). For WG and S only the lysine levels 100% and 125% (SM = 116% and 125%) could be achieved. All diet groups were fed for 10 days with and without antibiotics (7 g Nebacitin/kg feed-DM). During the 7-day-period of the main experiment all 24 rations were supplemented with 0.5 g 15N-lysine/kg DM (48.3 atom-% 15N-excess, alpha-aminogroup 95% 15N-labelled). The nitrogen balance was improved only after feeding antibiotics with the diet S 100. It may be supposed that Nebacitin saved the second limiting amino acid methionine against microbial degradation in the digestion tract. The biological value (BV) of feed-proteins declined in the case of the diets B and W in the presence of antibiotics because the absorbed nitrogen was higher, this calculation basis for BV was therefore also higher without an improvement of the N-utilization. The 15N-excretion in faeces was significantly lower after feeding the diets B, W and WG with antibiotics. The 15N-excretion in urine was elevated in the most cases of the antibiotic supplement. The determination of a gross utilization of lysine and 15N-lysine resp. in relation to the lysine retention (availability) was not possible, neither using a labelling of diets with 15N-lysine.
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