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Effects of Administration of Bovine Somatotropin on Milk Yield and Composition¹

Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611

ABSTRACT

Thirty-two Holstein cows were assigned to four treatment groups in a continuous lactation trial to evaluate effects of daily subcutaneous injections of 0 (A), 5.15 (B), 10.3 (C), and 20.6 mg (D) of recombinantly derived bovine somatotropin monomer. Responses were milk yield and composition, component yields, net energy intake, body weight, and somatic cell counts. Treatments began in fall, 28 to 35 d postpartum, and continued for 266 d. Base ration was corn silage and concentrate. Least squares means of milk and constituent yields and gross efficiency of milk production differed among treatments, but percentage fat and protein, energy intake, body weights, and somatic cell counts did not. Least squares means of 3.5% FCM were 21.3 (A), 25.0 (B), 26.2 (C), and 28.5 kg/d (D); fat and protein yields showed similar response to treatment. Milk yields adjusted for pretreatment yields were 21.1 (A), 25.5 (B), 26.5 (C), and 29.3 kg/d (D). Orthogonal contrasts showed lower milk and constituent yields and net energy intake for control (A) than for hormone-injected cows (B, C, D), but no differences were detected between treatments B, C, and D. Gross efficiency of production (3.5% FCM/feed net energy intake) was greater for hormone-injected cows.

¹ Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Journal Series Number 8334.

² American Cyanamid Company, Princeton, NJ.

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