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MAGNESIUM ABSORPTION FROM THE DIGESTIVE TRACT OF SHEEP
Author(s) -
Care A. D.,
Brown R. C.,
Farrar A. R.,
Pickard D. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0144-8757
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1984.sp002844
Subject(s) - rumen , absorption (acoustics) , zoology , efflux , chemistry , ammonium , biochemistry , biology , fermentation , materials science , organic chemistry , composite material
Factors affecting absorption of Mg from the ovine rumen have been studied using either a pouch constructed from part of the dorsal rumen or by an isolated washed rumen technique in vivo . Net absorption of Mg against the prevailing electrochemical gradient was observed. An increase in the K/Na ratio within the rumen led to an increase in the potential difference across the rumen wall, blood positive, and to a decrease in the net efflux of Mg from the rumen. This decrease was due to an increase in Mg influx into the rumen. The addition of ammonium chloride (30 mmol/l) to the rumen contents also led to a reduction in net Mg absorption but to no significant change in potential difference. The effects of high K/Na ratio and high ammonium ion concentration within the rumen were additive in causing decreases in net effluxes of both Mg and Na. An inverse relationship was demonstrated between the Ca concentration in the rumen and the net absorption rate of Mg. It was concluded that the efflux ofMg across the rumen wall depends at least in part on a functional system for Na transport.