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Milk production, peripartal liver triglyceride concentration and plasma metabolites of dairy cows fed diets supplemented with calcium soaps or hydrogenated triglycerides of palm oil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Roland G Karcagi ,
Tibor Gaál ,
Piroska Ribiczey ,
Gyula Huszenicza  and
Ferenc Husvéth
Roland G Karcagi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, H-8360Keszthely, Deák F. u. 16, Hungary
Tibor Gaál
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Szent István University, H-1078Budapest, István u. 2, Hungary
Piroska Ribiczey
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Szent István University, H-1078Budapest, István u. 2, Hungary
Gyula Huszenicza
Affiliation:
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, H-1078Budapest, István u. 2, Hungary
Ferenc Husvéth*
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science and Production, Georgikon Faculty, University of Pannonia, H-8360Keszthely, Deák F. u. 16, Hungary
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: husveth@georgikon.hu
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to test the effect of rumen-inert fat supplements of different chemical forms or containing different unsaturated/saturated (U/S) fatty acid contents on milk production, milk composition and liver and blood metabolic variables of high-yielding dairy cows in the peripartal period. Thirty Holstein-Friesian dairy cows were divided into three equal groups and fed a corn silage-based diet, without fat supplementation (control) or supplemented with 11·75 MJ NEl per day of calcium soaps of palm oil fatty acids (CAS; U/S=61/39) or with 11·75 MJ NEl per day of hydrogenated palm oil triglyceride (HTG; U/S=6/94). Each diet was fed from 25±2 d prior to the expected calving to 100±5 d post partum. Compared with the control, both CAS and HTG supplementation resulted in an increase of the average milk yield. Milk fat content and fat-corrected milk yield were higher in the HTG group but lower in the CAS group than in the control group. In all groups liver triglyceride concentrations (TGL) increased from 15 d prepartum to 5 d post partum, and then decreased thereafter. At 5 d TGL was lower in the HTG group than control or CAS cows. No significant differences were detected in TGL among dietary treatments at 15 d prepartum and 25 d post partum. Higher plasma glucose and insulin and lower non-esterified fattay acids and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations and aspartate aminotransferase activity were measured in the HTG group than in the control or CAS groups at 5 d or 25 d post partum. Our results show that HTG may provide a better energy supply for high-yielding dairy cows in negative energy balance than CAS around calving.

Keywords

Dairy cowperipartal energy deficiencyfat supplementation
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , May 2010 , pp. 151 - 158
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