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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 84 No. 12 2607-2621
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Effects of Prepartum Somatotropin and Monensin on Metabolism and Production of Periparturient Holstein Dairy Cows

J. E. Vallimont 1, G. A. Varga 1, A. Arieli 2, T. W. Cassidy 1, and K. A. Cummins 3

1 Department of Dairy and Animal Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802
2 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
3 Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences, Auburn University, AL 36849-5415

Fifty-five multiparous Holstein dairy cows were used to evaluate the singular and combined effects of somatotropin and monensin treatments during the late dry period on postpartum metabolism and production. Treatments were 1) control (C); 2) injection of exogenous bovine somatotropin (bST); 3) TMR top dressed with 300 mg of monensin/day (M); and 4) monensin and somatotropin in combination (bST+M) during the last 28 days before expected parturition. A 500-mg subcutaneous injection of sustained release somatotropin was administered adjacent to the tail head at d –28 and –14 relative to expected calving. Diet and management were the same for all cows after parturition. Production and intake were measured daily until 63 d in milk. Milk composition, blood metabolites, and body weight and condition score were measured weekly. Prepartum glucose, nonesterified fatty acid, and blood urea nitrogen concentrations were not different among treatments. Cows on the M treatment tended to have greater dry matter intake postpartum than those on the C treatment and 30% lower plasma nonesterified fatty acid concentrations during wk 1 postpartum than all other treatments. Milk yield and milk fat yield were not different among treatments, but milk fat percent tended to be lower for the bST+M treatment than the C treatment. Changes in plasma amino acid concentrations were consistent with mobilization of skeletal muscle protein, possibly for use in gluconeogenesis. Results from this study provide evidence that prepartum feeding of monensin reduced plasma nonesterified fatty acid concentrations and may improve glucose metabolism of the periparturient dairy cow.

Key Words: monensin • somatotropin • periparturient • plasma amino acids

Submitted on October 5, 2000
Accepted on July 11, 2001




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