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1 Dairy Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611
Holstein cows (n = 135) under commercial management were used to determine whether sometribove (recombinant methionyl bST, 25 mg/d) administered during the dry period affected milk yield during the ensuing lactation. Cows scheduled to begin lactations (
2) during January to March were assigned randomly to treatments of sodium bicarbonate excipient (n = 67) or bST (25 mg/d, n = 68). Subcutaneous injections were given for 14 d, corresponding to d -21 to -7 relative to expected calving date. Days dry prior to first injection (64.0, 60.2) and number of injections received (13.9, 13.8) were similar for control and treatment groups, but days from last injection to calving (8.8, 7.1) differed. No differences in incidence of dystocia or udder edema were detected. Previous lactation yields were 8251 and 7952 kg, and yields for lactations following treatment were 8328 and 7852 kg, based on complete lactation data. Mean test date 3.5% FCM yields for control and treated groups during experimental lactation differed before (30.3 vs. 28.1 kg) but not after (29.5 vs. 28.4 kg) covariance adjustment for previous total lactation milk yield. Test of heterogeneity of regression provided no evidence that respective curves for FCM yield during lactation were not parallel or of different magnitude. Elevation of serum bST during 2 wk of the dry period resulted in no apparent increase in extent of mammogenesis or lactogenesis that was translated into an increase in milk yield.
Key Words: somatotropin • dry period • milk yield • hormones
Submitted on January 6, 1992
Accepted on March 26, 1992
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