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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2024, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (9): 169-184.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2023381

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Degradation characteristics of sweet potato and taro in the rumen of Mindong goats and changes in microbial community attached to the surface

Ming-ming GU(), Xing-hui JIANG, Zhi-yi MA, Shui-ling QIU, Hao-yu LIU, Ming-rui ZHANG, Jia-ning LU, Yu-jun QIU, Ben-zhi WANG, Qian-fu GAN()   

  1. College of Animal Science (College of Bee Science),Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,Fuzhou 350002,China
  • Received:2023-10-11 Revised:2023-11-27 Online:2024-09-20 Published:2024-06-20
  • Contact: Qian-fu GAN

Abstract:

The aim of this experiment was to investigate the degradation characteristics and dynamic changes in surface attached microbial communities of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) and taro (Colocasia esculentain the rumen of Mindong goats. Four healthy male Mindong goats, aged 14 months with permanent rumen fistulas, were selected (average weight 26.60±2.35 kg). The dynamic degradation rate of nutritional components in sweet potato and taro were measured using a nylon bag method at 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 36, and 48 hours, during the degradation process. Surface attached microbial changes were also measured at these same time steps. It was found that: 1) The rumen degradation rates of sweet potato and taro gradually increased with increasing degradation time. The effective degradation rates of dry matter (DM) were 66.48% and 62.88% for sweet potato and taro, respectively, while the effective degradation rates of crude protein (CP) were 34.28% and 32.62%, and the effective degradation rates of starch were 53.44% and 43.60%. Notably, the effective degradation rate of sweet potato starch was significantly higher than that of taro (P<0.05). 2) The alpha and beta diversity results showed that sweet potato and taro had no significant effect on the richness, diversity, and composition of rumen bacteria at different degradation time points (P>0.05). Bacteroidetes was identified as the predominant bacterial phylum in the rumen microbial communities for both sweet potato and taro groups. At the genus level, the dominant bacterial genus for both groups was Prevotella. A Mantel test further indicated that Pseudobutyrivibrio was significantly positively correlated with rumen degradation in both sweet potato and taro (r>0, P<0.05). 3) Functional prediction analysis showed that sweet potato and taro regulated the interaction of rumen microorganisms to utilize starch through the pentose phosphate pathway, through glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism and through propanoate metabolism. In conclusion, both sweet potato and taro exhibit favourable rumen degradation performance, but the degradation rates of DM and starch in sweet potato are faster. In the process of degradation, the dynamic balance of rumen microorganisms was not disrupted by either feed, so sweet potato and taro are potential concentrate feed resources.

Key words: sweet potato, taro, Mindong goat, rumen degradation rate, rumen microorganisms