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A period of energy supplementation but not the type of supplement influences the insulin response to exogenous glucose in food-restricted post-partum suckler beef cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

C. Ponsart ,
A. A. Ponter ,
B. Khireddine ,
P. Humblot ,
D. Sauvant ,
J.-P. Mialot  and
B. Grimard
C. Ponsart
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Laboratoire d’Epidemiologie et de Gestion de la Santé Animale, 7 Avenue du Général-de-Guaïle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
A. A. Ponter
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Laboratoire d’Epidemiologie et de Gestion de la Santé Animale, 7 Avenue du Général-de-Guaïle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
B. Khireddine
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Laboratoire d’Epidemiologie et de Gestion de la Santé Animale, 7 Avenue du Général-de-Guaïle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France Union Nationale des Coopératives d’Elevage et d’Insémination Artificielle, Services Techniques, 13 rue Jouet, B.P. 65, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
P. Humblot
Affiliation:
Union Nationale des Coopératives d’Elevage et d’Insémination Artificielle, Services Techniques, 13 rue Jouet, B.P. 65, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
D. Sauvant
Affiliation:
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Paris-Grignon, Laboratoire de Nutrition et d’Alimentation, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
J.-P. Mialot
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Laboratoire d’Epidemiologie et de Gestion de la Santé Animale, 7 Avenue du Général-de-Guaïle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France
B. Grimard
Affiliation:
Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Laboratoire d’Epidemiologie et de Gestion de la Santé Animale, 7 Avenue du Général-de-Guaïle, 94704 Maisons-Alfort, France Union Nationale des Coopératives d’Elevage et d’Insémination Artificielle, Services Techniques, 13 rue Jouet, B.P. 65, 94703 Maisons-Alfort, France
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Abstract

Two experiments were designed to study the influence of an increase in energy supply on the utilization of exogenous glucose in food-restricted post-partum Charolais suckler beef cows. In experiment 1, 18 cows were given a basal diet (BD) providing 0·70 of energy requirements from calving with or without an energy supplement (SD) of 2 kg of rolled triticale grain starting at day 32 post partum. On day 42 post partum an injection of glucose (1·0 mmol/kg live weight) lasting 20 min resulted in a similar plasma glucose and cortisol profile in each diet group but a smaller plasma insulin increase in SD than in BD cows (146 (s.e. 37) v. 273 (s.e. 37) pmol/l, P < 0·05). Plasma non-esterified fatty acids concentrations were reduced by the glucose injection (P < 0·01). Experiment 2 compared the efficiency of an energy supplement in the form of concentrate (CS, maize grain, no. = 11) or forage (PS, maize silage, no. = 10) in oestrous-synchronized beef cows previously given a restricted diet. Glucose injection resulted in a small increase in insulin concentrations during infusion with a peak at 20 min (PS: 250 (s.e. 34) v. CS: 257 (s.e. 32) pmol/l, P > 0·05). No differences were observed between the two groups of cows for glucose, insulin and cortisol profiles (P > 0·05). Similar pregnancy rates after oestrous synchronization treatment were observed in CS and PS cows (6/11 v. 5/10). In conclusion, a period of supplementation sufficient to re-establish energy balance, but not the type of supplement, influences the insulin response to exogenous glucose in food-restricted post-partum Charolais beef cows.

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beef cowsenergy intakefatty acidsglucosehydrocortisoneinsulin
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Animal Science , Volume 68 , Issue 4 , June 1999 , pp. 749 - 761
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1999

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