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Enterohepatic circulation of sulphur in female goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Christine Halais  and
R. J. Moir
Christine Halais
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, School of Agriculture, University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
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Abstract

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Sulphur flow through the gut was monitored in eight adult female goats at different stages in their reproductive cycle. The amount of S transferred from the body into digesta between the mouth and the transverse duodenum was directly proportional to the amount of nitrogen retained in the body and secreted in milk. S secretion into digesta was also a function of metabolic body-weight (body-weight0.75) in non-pregnant, non-lactating goats and in pregnant goats. During lactation there was an additional S input into digesta, and S gain was directly proportional to the yield of milk N. The S was conserved by intestinal absorption and was recycled to the gut predominantly as carbon-bound (neutral) S in bile. The enterohepatic circulation may act as a mobile reserve of S, particularly of taurine.

Keywords

Enterohepatic circulationSulphurGoat
Type
Digestion, Absorption and Gut Physiology
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , March 1990 , pp. 239 - 248
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1990

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