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1 Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, Department of Animal Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37901-1071
Nutritional and management strategies for dairy cattle are designed to prepare the cow for lactation and to minimize the incidence of metabolic diseases around calving. However, strategies initiated during the dry period should also consider the potential effects on the calf prior to and after calving. Fetal requirements for energy and protein are significant, particularly during the last trimester of gestation. Energy requirements increase to 1.3 to 1.5 times maintenance in late pregnancy; therefore, the formulation of rations for dry cows must contain sufficient energy to support fetal growth plus maintenance. Protein requirements during pregnancy increase, particularly during the last 2 mo. Colostrum is a source of immune components and nutrients to the neonate and contains more protein, immunoglobulins (Ig), nonprotein nitrogen, fat, ash, vitamins, and minerals than does milk. Because some vitamins do not cross the placental barrier, colostrum is the primary source of these nutrients for the calf after birth. Colostrum from cows that are not supplemented with vitamin E during the dry period may provide inadequate vitamin E to calves after birth. The Ig concentration in colostrum is not markedly affected by prepartum protein nutrition; diets containing high crude protein (CP) generally increase the nonprotein fraction of colostrum, but low CP diets do not affect the CP or Ig concentration of colostrum. However, data from beef calves suggest that absorption of IgG may be impaired when low protein diets are fed during the dry period. Diets for dry cows may be balanced to reduce the cation to anion ratio, which may reduce the incidence of parturient paresis. Recent research also suggests that these diets might increase the incidence of calves born in respiratory acidosis, which may impair the acquisition of passive immunity.
Key Words: calves • nutrients • immunity • calving
Submitted on June 24, 1997
Accepted on April 6, 1998
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