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The influence of long-term dietary inclusion of the antibiotic Actaplanin on dairy cow performance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2017

M.M. Abubakar  and
P. Rowlinson
M.M. Abubakar
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
P. Rowlinson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU
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The antibiotic Actaplanin is a complex of glycopeptide compounds produced by Actinoplanes missourrensis. When included in feed as a performance enhancer it has been shown to increase milk production of dairy cows (McGuffey et al. 1983). Actaplanin is associated with reduced proportions of acetate and increased proportions of propionate in rumen fluid and a depression in milk fat proportion may result (Clapperton et al. 1987). The aim of the trial reported here was to monitor the effects of feeding 960 mg Actaplanin/head/d to dairy cows throughout two successive lactations.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Production (1972) , Volume 1988 , March 1988 , pp. 110
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Production 1988

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