Dietary supplementation of sodium butyrate enhances lactation performance by promoting nutrient digestion and mammary gland development in dairy cows

Autor: Jing Zhang, Lijun Bu, Yapeng Liu, Wenjie Huo, Chengqiang Xia, Caixia Pei, Qiang Liu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Animal Nutrition, Vol 15, Iss , Pp 137-148 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-6545
DOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2023.08.008
Popis: This experiment was to evaluate the influence of sodium butyrate (SB) addition on milk production, ruminal fermentation, nutrient digestion, and the development and metabolism regulation of the mammary gland in dairy cows. Forty Holstein dairy cows averaging 710 ± 18.5 kg body weight, 72.8 ± 3.66 d in milk (DIM), and 41.4 ± 1.42 kg/d milk production were divided into four treatments blocked by DIM and milk production. Treatments were control group, low SB, medium SB, and high SB with 0, 100, 200 and 300 g/d of SB addition per cow, respectively. The study lasted for 105 d. Production of milk, milk protein and lactose quadratically increased (P
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