Effects of forage feeding on rumen fermentation, plasma metabolites, and hormones in Holstein calves during pre- and postweaning periods1

• Published in: Journal of animal science Vol. 97; no. 5; pp. 2220 - 2229
• Main Authors: Takemura, Kei, Shingu, Hiroyuki, Mizuguchi, Hitoshi, Kim, Yo-Han, Sato, Shigeru, Kushibiki, Shiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 29.04.2019
• Subjects: Acetates - analysis; Animal Feed - analysis; Animals; Cattle - blood; Cattle - physiology; Diet - veterinary; Fermentation; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Liver - metabolism; Male; Plant Leaves - metabolism; Propionates - analysis; Random Allocation; Rumen - metabolism; Weaning; weaning period; subacute ruminal acidosis; hormones; rumen lipopolysaccharide concentration; metabolites

Abstract Recent studies have suggested that the amount of forage intake by calves around the time of weaning could affect ruminal pH levels. Several studies have also proposed that subacute ruminal acidosis in mature cows is a risk factor for various metabolic disorders and production diseases. In t...