Effects of feeding high volumes of milk replacer on reproductive performance and on concentrations of metabolites and hormones in blood of Japanese black heifer calves

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We evaluated the effects of feeding high volumes of milk replacer on growth and reproductive performances in Japanese black heifers. Fifty-one heifers were fed milk replacer at 9 L/day for 60 days (9 L × 60 days; n = 18) or 41 days (9 L × 41 days; n = 15), or at 7 L/day for 40 days (7 L × 40 days; n = 18). Artificial insemination (AI) was performed on heifers with ≥270 kg body weight and ≥116 cm body height at 300 days of age. The age at the first AI was 0.35 month later for 7 L × 40 days than the other groups (p < .01). However, age at calving did not differ among treatments (22.1 months). The interval from the first AI to pregnancy tended to be ~2 months longer for the 9 L × 60 days than the other groups (p = .07). Our results showed that feeding high volumes of milk replacer may reduce the age at calving via an improved rate of growth. In addition, we propose that feeding a maximum of 7 L milk replacer for 40 days may be the most appropriate rearing regime because the success of pregnancy per AI may be reduced in calves fed a maximum of 9 L for 41 and 60 days.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:92

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Animal science journal = Nihon chikusan Gakkaiho - 92(2021), 1 vom: 04. Jan., Seite e13505

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taguchi, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Inabu, Yudai [VerfasserIn]
Hayasaki, Koki [VerfasserIn]
Maeda, Noriyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kanmera, Yoshiro [VerfasserIn]
Yamasaki, Seiji [VerfasserIn]
Ota, Noboru [VerfasserIn]
Mukawa, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Tsuboi, Arisa [VerfasserIn]
Miyamoto, Hirokuni [VerfasserIn]
Etoh, Tetsuji [VerfasserIn]
Shiotsuka, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Fujino, Ryoichi [VerfasserIn]
McMahon, Christopher D [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Hideyuki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

67763-96-6
9002-67-9
Age at calving
Age at first AI
Blood Glucose
Fatty Acids, Nonesterified
Glucose Transporter Type 1
Insulin
Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Japanese black heifer
Journal Article
Luteinizing Hormone
Milk replacer

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Date Completed 31.05.2021

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/asj.13505

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM320021378