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Department of Animal Sciences The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
Corresponding author:
R. St-Pierre; e-mail:
st-pierre.8{at}osu.edu.
Metabolizable protein (MP) supply and amino acid balance were manipulated through selection of highly digestible rumen-undegradable protein (RUP) sources and methionine (Met) supplementation. Effects on production efficiency and N utilization of lactating dairy cows were determined. Thirty-two multiparous (647 kg) and 28 primiparous (550 kg) Holstein cows were assigned during the fourth week of lactation to one of four dietary treatments. Treatments were 1) 18.3% crude protein (CP) with low estimated intestinal digestibility of RUP (HiCP-LoDRUP), 2) 18.3% CP with high digestibility RUP (HiCP-HiDRUP), 3) 16.9% CP with high digestibility RUP (LoCP-HiDRUP), and 4) 17.0% CP with high digestibility RUP and supplemental Met (LoCP-HiDRUP + Met). Diets were balanced to have equal concentrations of net energy for lactation (NEL), acid detergent fiber (ADF), neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and ash. Milk yields (40.8, 46.2, 42.9, 46.6 kg/d), protein percentages (2.95, 2.98, 2.99, 3.09%), and fat percentages (3.42, 3.64, 3.66, 3.73%) are reported here for HiCP-LoDRUP, HiCP-HiDRUP, LoCP-HiDRUP, and LoCP-HiDRUP + Met, respectively. Milk urea N and BUN decreased when feeding a lower CP diet. Efficiency of use of N for milk protein production was higher when feeding higher digestibility RUP, especially with the LoCP-HiDRUP + Met diet. A digestibility study followed the production trial, with six cows per treatment group continuing on the same treatment for an additional week. The experimental periods were 5 d long, with 1 d of adjustment and 4 d of total collection of urine and feces. Dry matter intake, milk production, milk protein production, and N digestibility were not significantly different among treatments during the collection trial, whereas N intake and N absorbed increased with the higher CP diets. The quantity of N in feces did not change with diet, but quantity of N in urine decreased in the low CP diets. Milk N as a percentage of intake N and milk N as a percentage of N absorbed showed a trend toward increasing as CP concentration in the diet decreased. The supplementation of Met did not improve the efficiency of N utilization during the digestibility study, in contrast to what was estimated during the production trial. Supplementing the highly digestible RUP source with rumen available and rumen escape sources of Met resulted in maximal milk and protein production and maximum N efficiency by cows during the production trial, indicating that postruminal digestibility of RUP and amino acid balance can be more important than total RUP supplementation.
Key Words: rumen undegradable protein • methionine • protein digestibility
Abbreviation key: HMB = 2-hydroxy-4-(methylthio)-butanoic acid, HiCP = 18.3% CP concentration, HiDRUP = supplemental RUP selected for high postruminal digestibility, LoCP = 17.0% CP concentration, LoDRUP = supplemental RUP unselected for digestibility, MP = metabolizable protein, MUN = milk urea nitrogen, PUN = plasma urea nitrogen, WOT = week of trial
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