Short communication: effects of prepartum milking on dry matter intake, liver triglyceride, and plasma constituents.
An experiment was conducted to determine if initiation of milking 10 d prior to expected calving could prevent fatty liver by circumventing intake depression and by providing an alternative route for fatty acid metabolism. Prepartum milking tended to increase DMI before calving; liver triglyceride, plasma nonesterified fatty acids, and milk yield were not affected.
Grummer
R R
RR
Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA. rgrummer@facstaff.wisc.edu
Bertics
S J
SJ
Hackbart
R A
RA
D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D004435:Eating; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood; D005234:Fatty Liver / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013997:Time Factors; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D014280:Triglycerides