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Bovine Serum Thyroxine, Prolactin, Growth Hormone, Glucocorticoid, and Thyroxine Binding Globulin Response to Thyroprotein^1,,2

² Animal Reproduction Laboratory, Department of Dairy Science and Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824

ABSTRACT

Twenty-one lactating Holstein cows were assigned randomly to groups of seven and received: (1) no treatment; (2) 15 g thyroprotein daily for 5 wk; or (3) 15 g thyroprotein daily for 13 wk. Combined averages for serum thyroxine of cows in thyroprotein groups increased linearly from a baseline of 54 ng/ml to a peak of 135 ng/ml at 6 days after thyroprotein feeding was begun. Serum thyroxine then decreased to approximately 80 ng/ml at 23 days of thyroprotein feeding which was maintained during the remainder of the feeding period. Following thyroprotein withdrawal from the diet serum thyroxine concentration decreased to 24 ng/ml at 6 days. Neither serum prolactin, growth hormone, nor total glucocorticoids were affected by thyroprotein feeding or withdrawal.

Average milk production of cows in the control group decreased linearly with time. Milk production of cows fed thyroprotein for 5 wk averaged 2.2 to 3.3 kg/day more than cows in the control group and that of cows fed thyroprotein for 13 wk averaged .95 to 2.5 kg/day more than controls for 60 days, but between 60 and 91 days it was .9 kg/day less than controls.

¹ Published with the approval of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station as Journal Article No. 6996. This research was supported in part by U. S. Public Health Service Grant no. AM—15899. Address reprint requests to: Dr. E. M. Convey, Department of Dairy Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824.