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Journal of Animal Science, Vol 73, Issue 2 552-564, Copyright © 1995 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Circadian changes in energy expenditure in the preruminant calf: whole animal and tissue level

I. Ortigues, C. Martin, D. Durand and M. Vermorel
Laboratoire Croissance et Metabolismes des Herbivores, INRA, Theix, Saint Genes Champanelle, France.

A study was conducted using four preruminant calves to determine the contribution of portal-drained viscera, liver, and hindquarters to circadian changes in total energy expenditure, after removing variations due to behavioral patterns. Indirect calorimetry and in vivo arterio-venous techniques were used. Standing time was longer (P < .01) after the meals and shorter (P < .01) at night. These variations were associated with higher (P < .01) energy cost of standing immediately after the meals and lower (P < .01) ones at night. When these behavioral effects were removed, total energy expenditure of lying calves was shown to be stable between the morning and evening meal, to increase by 11.5% and remained elevated during the 6 h after the evening meal, and to reach the lowest values at night. Portal-drained viscera and liver contributed 32.8 to 53.7% and 29.1 to 32.2%, respectively, to the circadian variations calculated for calves that were always standing. Changes in splanchnic tissue energy expenditure resulted from combined modifications in blood flow and O2 extraction rate. The contribution of hindquarters could not be clearly established. Overall, portal-drained viscera, liver, and hindquarters contributed 17.2, 12.8, and 18.0%, respectively, to total energy expenditure of standing calves. Their respective in vivo metabolic activities averaged 1.08, 2.10, and .25 mumol of O2 consumed.min-1.g-1 of fresh tissue.


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