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1 Dairy Science Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences University of Florida Gainesville 32611-0701
Eight nonlactating, nonpregnant Jersey cows were used in a crossover experiment with two 28-d periods. The control diet consisted of corn silage plus a concentrate mix (68:32, DM basis). The treatment diet was the same, except that and (NH4)Cl (NH3)2SO4 (98 g of each/d per cow) were added to the concentrate. Cows fed the treatment diet had lower blood pH, higher ionized Ca in blood, and more urinary excretion of Ca, titratable acid, and ammonium than cows fed the control diet. For cows fed the treatment diet, ionized Ca in blood was greater after equal amounts of Na2-EDTA were infused to both treatment groups, and treatment cows recovered faster after infusion of Na2-EDTA was stopped than did control cows. The treatment diet induced mild metabolic acidosis and increased the cows' ability to maintain normal blood Ca concentrations; it potentially could reduce incidence of milk fever.
Key Words: acid-base status calcium dairy cattle cation-anion difference
Submitted on April 8, 1991
Accepted on October 9, 1991
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