Short communication: Immediate and deferred milk production responses to concentrate supplements in cows grazing fresh pasture

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2544-2550

  Roche, J R ^a   Kay, J K ^a   Rius, A G ^a   Grala, T M ^a   Sheahan, A J ^a   White, H M ^b,c   Phyn, C V C ^a  

^a DAIRYNZ   (New Zealand)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition score; Milk production; Supplement

Indexed keywords

FAT; LACTOSE; MILK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DAIRYING; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; LACTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LACTOSE; MILK; MILK PROTEINS; SEASONS;

BOS; FRIESIA;

EID: 84875548913     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-4626     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Akers R.M. Lactation and the Mammary Gland 2002, Iowa State University Press, Ames.
2. Bargo F., Muller L.D., Kolver E.S., Delahoy J.E. Invited review: Production and digestion of supplemented dairy cows on pasture. J. Dairy Sci. 2003, 86:1-42.
3. Blache D., Tellam R.L., Chagas L.M., Blackberry M.A., Vercoe P.E., Martin G.B. Level of nutrition affects leptin concentrations in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid in sheep. J. Endocrinol. 2000, 165:625-637.
4. Broster W.H., Broster V.J. Reviews of the progress of dairy science: Long term effects of plane of nutrition on the performance of dairy cows. J. Dairy Res. 1984, 51:149-196.
5. Burke C.R., Williams Y.J., Hofmann L., Kay J.K., Phyn C.V.C., Meier S. Effects of an acute feed restriction at the onset of the seasonal breeding period on reproductive performance and milk production in pasture-grazed dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 2010, 93:1116-1125.
6. Capuco A.V., Wood D.L., Baldwin R., Mcleod K., Paape M.J. Mammary cell number, proliferation, and apoptosis during a bovine lactation: Relation to milk production and effect of bST. J. Dairy Sci. 2001, 84:2177-2187.
7. Corson D.G., Waghorn G.C., Ulyatt M.J., Lee J. Forage analysis and livestock feeding. Proc. N.Z. Grassl. Assoc. 1999, 61:127-132.
8. Delaby L., Faverdin P., Michel G., Disenhaus C., Peyraud J.L. Effect of different feeding strategies on lactation performance of Holstein and Normande dairy cows. Animal 2009, 3:891-905.
9. Dillon P., Crosse S., Stakelum G., Flynn F. The effect of calving date and stocking rate on the performance of spring-calving dairy cows. Grass Forage Sci. 1995, 50:286-299.
10. Dillon P., Roche J.R., Shalloo L., Horan B. Optimising financial returns from grazing in temperate pastures. Utilisation of Grazed Grass in Temperate Animal Systems: Proc. Satellite Workshop of the XXth International Grassland Congress, Cork, Ireland 2005, Wageningen Academic Publishers, Wageningen, the Netherlands., Pages 131-147.
11. Downing J.A., Joss J., Connel P., Scaramuzzi R.J. Ovulation rate and the concentration of gonadotrophic and metabolic hormones in ewes fed lupin grain. J. Reprod. Fertil. 1995, 103:137-145.
12. Doyle P.T., Francis S.A., Stockdale C.R. Associative effects between feeds when concentrate supplements are fed to grazing cows: A review on likely impacts on metabolisable energy supply. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 2005, 56:13.15-13.29.
13. Gluckman P.D., Johnson-Barrett J.J., Butler J.H., Edgar B.W., Gunn T.R. Studies on insulin-like growth factor-I and -II by specific radioligand assays in umbilical cord blood. Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf.) 1983, 19:405-413.
14. Grala T.M., Lucy M.C., Phyn C.V.C., Sheahan A.J., Lee J.M., Roche J.R. Somatotropic axis and concentrate supplementation in grazing dairy cows of genetically diverse origin. J. Dairy Sci. 2011, 94:303-315.
15. Hales C.N., Randle P.J. Immunoassay of insulin with insulin-antibody precipitate. Biochem. J. 1963, 88:137-146.
16. Horan B., Dillon P., Faverdin P., Delaby L., Buckley F., Rath M. The interaction of strain of Holstein-Friesian cows and pasture-based feed systems on milk yield, body weight, and body condition score. J. Dairy Sci. 2005, 88:1231-1243.
17. Hutjens M. The gestation-lactation cycle. Feeding Guide 2003, W. D. Hoards & Sons, Fort Atkinson, WI, 24-30.
18. Kay J.K., Phyn C.V.C., Roche J.R., Kolver E.S. Extending lactation in pasture-based dairy cows. II: Effect of genetic strain and diet on plasma hormone and metabolite concentrations. J. Dairy Sci. 2009, 92:3704-3713.
19. Kennedy E., O'Donovan M., O'Mara F.P., Murphy J.P., Delaby L. The effect of early-lactation feeding strategy on the lactation performance of spring-calving dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 2007, 90:3060-3070.
20. Kennedy J., Dillon P., Faverdin P., Delaby L., Buckley F., Rath M. The influence of cow genetic merit for milk production on response to level of concentrate supplementation in a grass based system. Anim. Sci. 2002, 75:433-445.
21. Macdonald K.A., Penno J.W., Lancaster J.A.S., Roche J.R. Effect of stocking rate on pasture production, milk production and reproduction of dairy cows in pasture-based systems. J. Dairy Sci. 2008, 91:2151-2163.
22. McCarthy S., Berry D.P., Dillon P., Rath M., Horan B. Influence of Holstein-Friesian strain and feed system on bodyweight and body condition score lactation profiles. J. Dairy Sci. 2007, 90:1859-1869.
23. McEvoy M., Kennedy E., Murphy J.P., Boland T.M., Delaby L., O'Donovan M. The effect of herbage allowance and concentrate supplementation on milk production performance and dry matter intake of spring-calving dairy cows in early lactation. J. Dairy Sci. 2008, 91:1258-1269.
24. Nørgaard J., Sorensen A., Sørensen M.T., Andersen J.B., Sejrsen K. Mammary cell turnover and enzyme activity in dairy cows: Effects of milking frequency and diet energy density. J. Dairy Sci. 2005, 88:975-982.
25. Nousiainen J., Rinne M., Huhtanen P. A meta-analysis of feed digestion in dairy cows. 1. The effects of forage and concentrate factors on total diet digestibility. J. Dairy Sci. 2009, 92:5019-5030.
26. Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle 2001, NRC, National Academy Press, Washington, DC. 7th rev. ed.
27. Rius A.G., Appuhamy J.A.D.R.N., Cyriac J., Kirovski D., Becvar O., Escobar J., McGilliard M.L., Bequette B.J., Akers R.M., Hanigan M.D. Regulation of protein synthesis in mammary glands of lactating dairy cows by starch and amino acids. J. Dairy Sci. 2010, 93:3114-3127.
28. Roche J.R. Milk production responses to pre- and post-calving dry matter intake in grazing dairy cows. Livest. Sci. 2007, 110:12-24.
29. Roche J.R., Berry D.P., Kolver E.S. Holstein-Friesian strain and feed effects on milk production, body weight, and body condition score profiles in grazing dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 2006, 89:3532-3543.
30. Roche J.R., Blache D., Kay J.K., Miller D.R., Sheahan A.J., Miller D.W. Neuroendocrine and physiological regulation of intake, with particular reference to domesticated ruminant animals. Nutr. Res. Rev. 2008, 21:207-234.
31. Roche J.R., Dillon P.G., Stockdale C.R., Baumgard L.H., VanBaale M.J. Relationships among international body condition scoring systems. J. Dairy Sci. 2004, 87:3076-3079.
32. Roche J.R., Turner L.R., Lee J.M., Edmeades D.C., Donaghy D.J., Macdonald K.A., Penno J.W., Berry D.P. Weather, herbage quality and milk production in pastoral systems. 3. Inter-relationships and associations between climatic variables and herbage growth rate, quality and mineral content. Anim. Prod. Sci. 2009, 49:211-221.
33. Roche J.R., Turner L.R., Lee J.M., Edmeades D.C., Donaghy D.J., Macdonald K.A., Penno J.W., Berry D.P. Weather, herbage quality and milk production in pastoral systems. 4. Effects on dairy cattle production. Anim. Prod. Sci. 2009, 49:222-232.
34. Roughan G.P., Hollan R. Predicting in vivo digestibilities of herbage by exhaustive enzymatic hydrolysis of cell walls. J. Sci. Food Agric. 1977, 28:1057-1064.
35. Sheahan A.J., Kolver E.S., Roche J.R. Genetic strain and diet effects on grazing behavior, pasture intake and milk production. J. Dairy Sci. 2011, 94:3583-3591.
36. Sporndly E. Supplementation of dairy cows offered freshly cut herbage ad libitum with starchy concentrates based on barley or fibrous concentrates based on unmolassed sugar beet pulp and wheat bran. Swedish J. Agric. Res. 1991, 21:131-139.
37. Stockdale C.R. Levels of pasture substitution when concentrates are fed to grazing dairy cows in northern Victoria. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 2000, 40:913-921.
38. Van Soest P.J. Energy balance. Nutritional Ecology of the Ruminant 1982, Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY, 385-401.