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ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL
Volume 93, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/asj.13715
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acidogenic; hydroxyproline; ionized calcium; parathyroid hormone; total calcium
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The effects of pre- and postpartum dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) on urine pH, serum calcium and hormone concentrations, and milk production were investigated in Holstein cows. The study found that negative prepartum DCAD improved postpartum calcium status without major effects on milk yield and composition.
We determined effects of pre- and postpartum dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) on urine pH, serum calcium and hormone concentrations, and milk production with 48 multiparous Holstein cows (average body weight = 706 +/- 7.3 kg). Treatments were 3 prepartum DCAD concentrations (0, -100, or -180 mEq/kg dry matter [DM]) and 2 postpartum DCAD concentrations (+250 or +350 mEq/kg DM) starting 29 days before parturition through 90 days in milk. Prepartum urine pH was lower (p < 0.05) for -180 than for -100 or 0 DCAD, and postpartum urine pH was higher (p < 0.05) for +350 than for +250 DCAD. Prepartum serum total and ionized calcium and hydroxyproline were greater (p < 0.05) for -180 than for -100 and 0 DCAD, whereas parathyroid hormone was greater (p < 0.05) for 0 than for -100 and -180 DCAD. After calving, negative prepartum DCAD increased (p < 0.05) serum total and ionized calcium, but effects varied by sampling day. Pre- and postpartum DCAD did not affect milk yield or milk fat, but milk protein percent and total solids were increased (p < 0.05) by negative prepartum DCAD. Feeding an acidogenic diet prepartum improved postpartum calcium status without major effects on milk yield and composition.
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