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Effect of nicotinic acid supplementation on digestion, metabolism, microbiome, and production in late-lactation Holstein cows

R.B. Standish, A.D. Wright, N.L. Whitehouse et al. · 2024 · Journal of Dairy Science

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this experiment was to determine if nicotinic acid (NA) effects on dairy cows and rumen microbial characteristics are forage-type dependent (corn silage, CS; grass silage, GS). Four late-lactation (DIM = 225 ± 12 d) Holstein cows were used in a 4 × 4 Latin square design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments. The main effects were a CS (66.10% CS) based diet or a GS (79.59%) based diet with or without 12 g/d NA. Each experimental period lasted for 28 d. Milk production and milk components, blood metabolites, apparent total-tract nutrient digestibilities, minu

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Effects of feeding sulfate trace minerals above recommendations on nutrient digestibility, rumen fermentation, lactational performance, and trace mineral excretion in dairy cows

Camélia Marchand, Isabelle Royer, Rachel Gervais et al. · 2024 · Journal of Dairy Science

ABSTRACT: Most trace minerals (TM) are fed above dairy cow requirements in commercial herds but their fate and effects on dairy cows have not been well documented. In this study, we evaluated the effects of feeding short-term sulfate TM above recommendations on apparent total-tract digestibility of nutrients, rumen fermentation characteristics, serum concentrations, and milk yield and composition, as well as milk, fecal, and urinary TM excretion in midlactation dairy cows. Eight multiparous Holstein cows with an average body weight (± SD) of 684 ± 29 kg at 82 ± 10 DIM in a quadruple 2 × 2 cros

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