Effects of supplementation of calcium salts of polyunsaturated fatty acids on serum concentrations of progesterone and insulin of pregnant dairy cows

Effects of supplementation of calcium salts of polyunsaturated fatty acids on serum concentrations of progesterone and insulin of pregnant dairy cows

Forty-five non-lactating, pregnant Holstein animals (18 heifers and 27 multiparous cows; BW = 561±114 kg; BCS = 2.9±0.3; days pregnant = 110±56 d) were stratified by initial BW and BCS, and randomly assigned to receive daily (as-fed basis) 0.50 kg of ground corn plus 0.22 kg of kaolin (CON), calcium...

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Main Authors: Philipe Moriel, Bruno Ieda Cappellozza, Luiz Felipe Ferraretto, Augusto Cossolino Aboin, Fernanda Victor Rodrigues Vieira, Ricardo de Oliveira Rodrigues, Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke, José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2014-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
Subjects:
hepatic metabolism
linoleic
linolenic
PUFA
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000100004&lng=en&tlng=en

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