| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||
1 Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka 020, Japan
The purpose of the present study was to determine changes of plasma osteocalcin levels in periparturient cows and to examine the correlation of plasma osteocalcin level with that of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, Ca, and inorganic P. Five Holstein-Friesian cows, aged 3 to 5 yr, were used from 5 d before to 15 d after calving, Concentration (mean ± SE) of plasma osteocalcin decreased rapidly from d 1 prepartum, reached a low of 8.0 ± 3.0 ng/ml at d 1 postpartum, and then recovered gradually to 17.8 ± 3.8 ng/ml at 15 d after calving. In contrast, the concentration of plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D increased from calving to 3 d postpartum. Plasma concentrations of osteocalcin did not correlate significantly with those of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, but it was significantly proportional to that of Ca and inorganic P. It is suggested that osteoblast function is depressed by a number of factors around the time of parturition.
Key Words: osteocalcin • calcium • postpartum cow
Submitted on February 19, 1990
Accepted on June 11, 1990
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  M. S. Taylor, K. F. Knowlton, M. L. McGilliard, W. M. Seymour, and J. H. Herbein Blood Mineral, Hormone, and Osteocalcin Responses of Multiparous Jersey Cows to an Oral Dose of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 or Vitamin D3 Before Parturition J Dairy Sci, June 1, 2008; 91(6): 2408 - 2416. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. B. Peterson, M. W. Orth, J. P. Goff, and D. K. Beede Periparturient Responses of Multiparous Holstein Cows Fed Different Dietary Phosphorus Concentrations Prepartum J Dairy Sci, October 1, 2005; 88(10): 3582 - 3594. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
