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Nutritional regulation of body condition score at the initiation of the transition period in primiparous and multiparous dairy cows under grazing conditions: milk production, resumption of post-partum ovarian cyclicity and metabolic parameters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 August 2011

M. L. Adrien ,
D. A. Mattiauda ,
V. Artegoitia ,
M. Carriquiry ,
G. Motta ,
O. Bentancur  and
A. Meikle
M. L. Adrien*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Salud en los Sistemas Pecuarios, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Ruta 3, km 363, Paysandú, Uruguay
D. A. Mattiauda
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal y Pasturas, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, Ruta 3, km 363, Paysandú, Uruguay
V. Artegoitia
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Técnicas Nucleares, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Alberto Lasplaces 1620, Montevideo, Uruguay
M. Carriquiry
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal y Pasturas, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, Av. Garzón 780, Montevideo, Uruguay
G. Motta
Affiliation:
Departamento de Producción Animal y Pasturas, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, Ruta 3, km 363, Paysandú, Uruguay
O. Bentancur
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biometría, Estadistica y computación, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de la República, Ruta 3, km 363, Paysandú, Uruguay
A. Meikle
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Técnicas Nucleares, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de la República, Alberto Lasplaces 1620, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of different body condition score (BCS) at 30 days before calving (−30 days) induced by a differential nutritional management from −100 days until −30 days on productive parameters, the interval to first ovulation and blood parameters in primiparous and multiparous Holstein cows under grazing conditions until 60 days post partum. The experimental arrangement was a randomized complete block design, where cows were blocked according to BW and expected calving date and then randomly assigned to different nutritional treatments from –100 to –30 days relative to calving to induce different BCS. As the assignment of cows to treatments was random, cows had to lose, maintain or gain BCS; thus, different planes of nutrition were offered with approximately 7, 14 or 20 kg dry matter per day. The BCS score was assessed every 15 days and animals were reassigned in order to achieve the desired BCS at –30 days. Only animals that responded to nutritional treatment were considered and this was defined as follows: primiparous and multiparous high cows (PH and MH) had to gain 0.5 points of BCS, primiparous low (PL) had to lose 0.5 points of BCS and multiparous low (ML) had to maintain BCS at least in two subsequent observations from −100 to −30 days. From −30 days to calving, primiparous and multiparous cows (P and M cows) were managed separately and cows were offered a diet once a day. From calving to 60 days post partum, cows of different groups grazed in separate plots a second year pasture. Cows were also supplemented individually with whole-plant maize silage and commercial concentrate. Cows had similar BCS at −100 days and differed after the nutritional treatment; however, all groups presented similar BCS at 21 days post partum. The daily milk production and milk yield at 60 days post partum was higher in M than P cows. The percentage of milk fat was higher in PH cows compared with PL cows. Concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) were affected by the BCS at −30 days within parity, and in PH cows the concentration of NEFA was higher than in PL cows. The concentrations of total protein were higher in M cows. A lower probability of cycling was found in PL than in PH cows (P < 0.05) and in ML than in MH cows (P < 0.05). Treatment affected various endocrine/metabolic profiles according to parity, suggesting that the metabolic reserves signal the productive/reproductive axis so as to induce a differential nutrient partitioning in adult v. first-calving cows.

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parityhormonesmetabolites
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animal , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , 03 January 2012 , pp. 292 - 299
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2011

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