| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The increased public concern about residual effects of antibiotics led to ban in antibiotics usage as feed additives. Thus, research for natural alternatives to antibiotics is deemed important. The objectives of this experiment are to use garlic leaves as an animal feed stuff and to see its effects on rumen and body metabolism.
Six animals were offered mixed hay (MH) diet or garlic leaves (GL) diet (MH 10% replaced by garlic leaves). Digestive and endocrine functions were determined. Rumen pH, ammonia, and total volatile fatty acids were found similar between two diets. Microbial nitrogen supply, plasma leucine turnover rate and whole body protein synthesis were higher (P <0.05) in garlic diet, but plasma leucine turnover rate decreased during a hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp in both diets. Thus, it was concluded that in sheep garlic leaves enhanced protein metabolism without affect on digestive and endocrine functions.
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