Influence of feeding methods on blood biochemical parameters of Japanese Black breeding herd

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different feeding methods on blood biochemical parameters by using a total of 32 Japanese Black breeding cows. The diet (silage) was distributed at a rough estimate for 18 days (FN period), and stanchions were not used in this period. After the...

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Published in:Animal science journal 2020-01, Vol.91 (1), p.e13329-n/a
Main Authors: Watanabe, Takayuki, Akama, Ryoko, Konishi, Kazuyuki, Inoue, Keiichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3-Hydroxybutyric Acid - blood
Albumins
Animal Feed
Animal husbandry
Animal Husbandry - methods
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Biochemistry
Blood
blood biochemical parameters
Blood Chemical Analysis
Body weight
Breeding
Calcium
Calcium - blood
Cattle
Cattle - blood
Diet
equality of dry matter intake
Feeding
Feeding Methods - veterinary
Female
Japanese Black breeding herd
Lactic acid
Lactic Acid - blood
metabolic profiles
Parameters
Serum Albumin
Silage
Stanchions
utilization of stanchion at feeding time
Wagons
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Summary:The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of different feeding methods on blood biochemical parameters by using a total of 32 Japanese Black breeding cows. The diet (silage) was distributed at a rough estimate for 18 days (FN period), and stanchions were not used in this period. After the FN period, the cows were separated in stanchions for feeding and were fed specified amount of silage by using scales on a feeder wagon, which was determined according to the diet formulation and average body weight of cows, for 30 days (FW period). On the last day of the two experiment periods, the body weight of all cows was recorded and blood samples were collected from 10 randomly selected cows. β‐hydroxybutyric acid and albumin (Alb) levels were significantly higher after the FW period than after FN period. The variation of glucose, Alb, calcium and lactic acid was significantly smaller after the FW period. Several blood parameters of the FW period were approximately the appropriate range of a Japanese Black breeding herd in the dry period. Our results suggest that the feeding method by use of a stanchion and proper diet formulation affects blood biochemical parameters and improves nutritional conditions for breeding cows.
ISSN:1344-3941
1740-0929
DOI:10.1111/asj.13329