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1 Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster 44691
This study determined the effects of supplemental dietary biotin (0, 10, or 20 mg/d) on performance of Holstein cows (n = 45; 18 primiparous and 27 multiparous). Treatments started at 14 d prepartum and continued until 100 d in milk (DIM). Blood samples were taken at 14 d prepartum, and blood and milk samples were taken at calving, and 30, 60, and 100 DIM. Dry matter intake during lactation was not different across treatments (19.7 kg/d). Milk production linearly increased with biotin supplementation (36.9, 37.8, and 39.7 kg/d for 0, 10, and 20 mg/d of supplemental biotin, respectively). Biotin supplementation did not affect milk fat and true protein percentages or fat yield but linearly increased true protein yield. Supplemental biotin increased concentrations of biotin in plasma and milk at all time points. Concentrations of biotin in plasma and milk (colostrum) at calving were higher than at other time points for cows fed supplemental biotin. In an ancillary experiment, plasma biotin concentrations were not as high when cows were fed 20 mg/d of supplemental biotin for 14 d during the middle of their dry period as when cows were fed 20 mg/d of biotin for the last 14 d of gestation. This suggests that events associated with parturition altered plasma biotin concentrations. Plasma concentrations of glucose, insulin, nonesterified fatty acids, and molar proportions of ruminal volatile fatty acids were not affected by biotin supplementation. Biotin supplementation had no effect on change in body weight or condition score. Supplemental biotin linearly increased milk and protein yields, however, the mode of action that caused these increases was not determined.
Key Words: biotin • milk production • dairy cows
Submitted on June 19, 2000
Accepted on October 9, 2000
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