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1 Division of Nutritional Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Berne, CH-3012 Berne, Switzerland
2 Research Centre for Developmental Medicine and Biology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Auckland, NZ-92019 Auckland, New Zealand
Veal calves fed by bucket often develop postprandial insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, and glucosuria during fattening. Automatic feeding systems allow feed intake for 24 h, and small ingested portions are expected to decrease postprandial glucose loads. We have studied metabolic and endocrine traits in calves that were either 1) fed identical daily amounts of whole milk plus milk replacer by a computer-programmed automatic feeder 
6 portions from 0800 to 2400 h) (GrA) or 2) fed by bucket at 0800 and 1630 h (GrB). Calves started at a body weight of 118 kg, and the experiment lasted for 3 wk. During wk 3, lactose was supplemented to stress postabsorptive glucose homeostasis. Feed intake and average daily gains in GrA and GrB were similar. Plasma concentrations during an 8-h period of glucose (in part), lactate, urea, and somatostatin (in wk 3), and of glucagon and insulin (wk 2 and 3) were smaller in GrA than in GrB, whereas growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor I, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (wk 2), and prolactin concentrations (wk 2 and 3) were higher. Lactose supplementation in wk 3 enhanced transient postprandial hyperglycemia and hyperinsulinemia. Thus, there were marked metabolic and endocrine differences when calves sucked their feed in six or more portions during a 16-h period from an automatic feeder compared with twice daily drinking from a bucket. Ingestion of small portions by calves avoided marked hyperglycemia and lactate increments, and lower plasma urea concentrations mirrored enhanced nitrogen utilization, possibly mediated by the altered growth hormone, IGF-I and insulin status.
Key Words: veal calf • feeding frequency • metabolites • hormones
Submitted on February 1, 2000
Accepted on May 25, 2000
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