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The Effect of Sodium Acetate Feeding on Milk and Fat Yield, Blood Sugar, and Blood Ketones of Dairy Cows^{1, 2, 3,}

Department of Dairy Husbandry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ABSTRACT

The effects of feeding 1 lb. of sodium acetate daily for 10-day periods on milk and fat production, milk fat test, blood glucose, and blood ketones of normal cows receiving normal diets were determined. There were no significant differences (P = 0.05), in any of the values studied, between the cows receiving acetate and the controls. The sensitivity of the experiment was sufficient to detect average differences of 0.1% in fat test, 0.06 lb. of fat, or 0.8 lb. of milk per day, 0.6 mg. % blood glucose or 0.18 mg. % blood ketones.

¹ Published with the approval of the Director of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station.

² Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree.

³ Supported in part by the Research Committee of the Graduate School from funds supplied by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.

⁴ Present address: Dairy Department, University of Georgia, Athens.