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Luo Z, Yong K, Huang Y, Zhang C, Shen L, Jiang H, Yang X, Zhang Y, Cao S. Effects of replacement of corn silage and distillers' grain diets with hay during prepartum on the health and production performance of dairy heifers postpartum. J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 2022; 106:682-689. [PMID: 35102607 DOI: 10.1111/jpn.13688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Revised: 12/26/2021] [Accepted: 01/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
In this study, we aimed to comprehensively evaluate the effects of prepartum replacement of corn silage and distillers' grain diets with hay on the postpartum health and production performance in dairy heifers. Pregnant Holstein dairy heifers were randomly assigned to two groups and fed different diets with the same net energy and protein concentrations. The low corn silage plus hay (CH) group diet mainly contained oat hay (28.5%), corn silage (25%) and folium ginkgo (23%). The high corn silage plus distillers' grains (CD) group diet contained corn silage (53.5%), distillers' grains (5%) and folium ginkgo (18%). Dairy heifers were fed from the beginning of pregnancy to the end of the transition period. Calf birthweight, postpartum morbidity, milk production and reproductive performance were determined. Compared with the cows in the CH group, those in the CD group presented increased calf birthweight and a high risk of some postpartum disorders (p < 0.05), particularly ketosis (37.63% vs. 24.54%) and retained placenta (9.41% vs. 3.92%). However, there was no difference between the groups in reproductive performance, including first timed artificial insemination (TAI) rate, date of TAI and conception rate of TAI. The lactation curves showed no difference in milk yield during the peak lactation period of primiparous cows between the CH and CD groups; the total milk production was 33.39 kg and 33.19 kg respectively. Notably, the time to peak milk production was delayed in the CD group. It can be concluded that replacing corn silage and distillers' grains with hay can reduce postpartum morbidity in dairy heifers and shorten the time to peak milk production.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhengzhong Luo
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.,College of Animal Science and Technology, Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College, Chongqing, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College, Chongqing, China.,College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- Institute of Biodiversity Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College, Chongqing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Guizhou Wanniu Animal Husbandry and Technology Development Co., Ltd, ZunYi, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Beretta V, Simeone A, Franco J, Bentancur O, Novac M, Panizza V, Rodríguez MV. Using sorghum dry distillers’ grains plus solubles in sorghum-based finishing diets: feed utilization, cattle performance and carcass traits. Anim Feed Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2020.114731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kim SH, Lee C, Pechtl HA, Hettick JM, Campler MR, Pairis-Garcia MD, Beauchemin KA, Celi P, Duval SM. Effects of 3-nitrooxypropanol on enteric methane production, rumen fermentation, and feeding behavior in beef cattle fed a high-forage or high-grain diet1. J Anim Sci 2019; 97:2687-2699. [PMID: 31115441 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skz140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The objective of the study was to determine whether feeding a diet supplemented with 3-nitrooxypropanol (3-NOP) affects feeding behavior altering intake and rumen fermentation. Two experiments were conducted with 9 rumen-cannulated beef steers in a replicated 3 × 3 Latin square design where animals received a high-forage or high-grain diet. Treatments were 1) a basal diet (CON), the CON diet supplemented with 3-NOP (dNOP; 100 mg/kg in dietary DM or 1 g/d), or the CON diet with 3-NOP (1 g/d) infused into the rumen (infNOP). Each experimental period consisted of 14-d diet adaptation and 7-d sample collection. A 7-d washout period was provided between experiment periods. All data were analyzed as a Latin square design using Mixed Procedure of SAS. In Exp. 1 (high-forage diet), methane yield (measured by the Greenfeed system) was lowered by 18% (18.6 vs. 22.7 g/kg DMI; P < 0.01) by dNOP compared with CON. Rumen fermentation was altered similarly by both NOP treatments compared with CON where dNOP and infNOP increased (P < 0.01) rumen pH at 3 h and decreased (P < 0.01) proportion of acetate in total VFA. However, DMI, feed consumption rate (0 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12, and 12 to 24 h after feeding), particle size distribution of orts, and feeding behavior (videotaped for individual animals over 48 h) were not affected by dNOP and infNOP compared with CON. In Exp. 2 (high-grain diet), methane production was not affected by dNOP or infNOP compared with CON. Dry matter intake, feed consumption rate, particle size distribution of orts, and feeding behavior were not altered by dNOP and infNOP compared with CON. However, both dNOP and infNOP affected rumen fermentation where total VFA decreased (P = 0.04) and acetate proportion in total VFA tended to decrease (P = 0.07) compared with CON. In conclusion, dietary supplementation of 3-NOP did not affect feeding behavior of beef steers fed a high-forage or high-grain diet. However, rumen fermentation was similarly changed when 3-NOP was provided in the diet or directly infused in the rumen. Thus, observed changes in rumen fermentation with 3-NOP were not due to changes in feeding behavior indicating no effects on the organoleptic property of the diets. In addition, according to small or no changes in DMI in both experiments and relatively small changes in rumen fermentation in Exp. 2, a greater dosage level of 3-NOP than 100 mg/kg (dietary DM) may need further examination of its effects on feeding behavior of beef cattle.
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- Seon-Ho Kim
- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
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- Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, the Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
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- Department of Animal Sciences, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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- Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- DSM Nutritional Products France, Research Center for Animal Nutrition, 68305 Saint Louis Cedex, France
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- DSM Nutritional Products France, Research Center for Animal Nutrition, 68305 Saint Louis Cedex, France
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Addah W, Baah J, Okine EK, McAllister TA. Effect of barley silage chop length and inoculation on growth performance, feeding behavior, and ruminal acidosis in finishing feedlot steers1. J Anim Sci 2015; 93:2309-21. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2014-8247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Moya D, Holtshausen L, Marti S, Gibb DG, McAllister TA, Beauchemin KA, Schwartzkopf-Genswein K. Feeding behavior and ruminal pH of corn silage, barley grain, and corn dried distillers' grain offered in a total mixed ration or in a free-choice diet to beef cattle. J Anim Sci 2014; 92:3526-36. [PMID: 25006072 DOI: 10.2527/jas.2013-7224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Seventy-nine continental crossbred beef heifers (524.4 ± 41.68 kg BW), 16 of which were ruminally cannulated, were used in a 53-d experiment with a generalized randomized block design to assess the effects of barley grain (BG), corn silage (CS), and corn distillers' grain (DG) offered in a free-choice diet on feeding behavior and ruminal fermentation. Treatments were total mixed ration (TMR) consisting of 85% BG, 10% CS, and 5% supplement or free-choice (i.e., self-selection) diets of BG and CS (BGCS), BG and corn dry DG (BGDG), or CS and corn DG (CSDG). Heifers were housed in groups of 9 or 10 in 8 pens and weighed 2 h before feed delivery at d 0, 21, 42, and 52 of the study. Pens were equipped with an electronic feed bunk monitoring system enabling feed intake and feeding behavior to be continuously monitored. Each of these pens was randomly allocated 2 cannulated heifers equipped with indwelling pH probes for continuous measurement of ruminal pH during wk 1, 2, 4, and 7. Blood and rumen contents were taken from cannulated heifers 2 h after feed delivery on d -3, 0, 7, 8, 42, and 49. Cattle fed either TMR or free-choice diets had similar (P > 0.10) ruminal fermentation, blood profile, and growth performance, with the exception of the CSDG diet, for which ruminal pH levels were consistently greater (P < 0.01) and performance was lower (P < 0.01). When DG was a component in free-choice diets, heifers reduced its inclusion in the diet (P < 0.05) over the experiment without affecting growth rate or ruminal fluid pH. Finishing feedlot cattle fed BG and CS separately selected a diet with a greater proportion of BG (85% DMI) compared to the TMR with no signs of acidosis. When cattle were given free-choice access to corn dry DG as an alternative to CS, they consumed levels up to 30% of their total daily DMI. Under the conditions of our experiment cattle can effectively self-select diets without increasing the risk of subclinical acidosis and still maintain similar levels of growth and feed efficiency compared with a TMR.
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- D Moya
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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