title: Effects of diet enrichment with glucose and casein on blood cortisol concentration of calves in early postnatal period.
abstract: The studies were carried out on 30 calves from the 4th to the 25th day of life, divided in three groups; control, glucose and casein. The glucose group was fed a diet containing 25% more glucose than the control. The increased dietary glucose supply decreased cortisol concentration in blood serum. The casein group was fed a diet containing 25% more protein-casein-than the control. The increased dietary casein supply increased the blood serum cortisol concentration. The changes discussed were observed not only during the period of diet application, but also a few days following the termination of the diet.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Physiology, Agricultural University, Szczecin, Poland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedrich
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D002364:Caseins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002417:Cattle / Q000097:blood*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005527:Food, Fortified; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005947:Glucose; D006854:Hydrocortisone