Twenty‐Four‐Hour Patterns of Hormones and Metabolites in Week 9 and 19 of Lactation in High‐Yielding Dairy Cows fed Triglycerides and Free Fatty Acids
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A
- Vol. 47 (1), 43-60
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0442.2000.00266.x
Abstract
Effects of feeding crystalline triglycerides (TGA), free fatty acids (FFA), and a starch‐rich ration (STA) on metabolite and hormone concentrations in blood plasma were studied in high‐yielding dairy cows over a 24‐h period in week 9 and 19 of lactating. Energy‐corrected milk production in the three groups was similar, but was lower in week 19 than in week 9. Energy and protein intakes were greater in week 9 than in week 19, but energy and protein balances in the three groups and in weeks 9 and 19 were similar. Plasma glucose and triglyceride concentrations were lower in week 9 than in week 19. In cows fed FFA, glucose concentrations were highest in week 9. Plasma triglyceride, phospholipid and cholesterol concentrations were highest, whereas β‐hydroxybutyrate concentrations were lowest in FFA‐fed cows in weeks 9 and 19. Concentrations of insulin‐like growth factor‐I in week 19 were lower in cows fed TGA and FFA than in those fed the starch‐rich ration. Post‐prandial responses were usually greater following morning than afternoon meals. Fructosamine, albumin, urea, growth hormone, thyroxine, and 3,5,3′‐triiodothyronine concentrations were similar in weeks 9 and 19 and were not influenced by dietary treatment or feeding times. In conclusion, there were distinct metabolic and endocrine effects of feeding TGA and FFA compared with STA and the concentrations as well as the 24‐h changes of various metabolic and endocrine traits in weeks 9 and 19 of lactation were also different.Keywords
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