Effects of short dry periods on performance and metabolic status in Holstein dairy cows |
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Authors: | Pezeshki A Mehrzad J Ghorbani G R Rahmani H R Collier R J Burvenich C |
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Affiliation: | * Ghent University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biometrics, Salisburylaan 133, B-9820, Merelbeke, Belgium † Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Section Immunology, 91775-1793, Mashhad, Iran ‡ Department of Animal Sciences, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan 84156, Iran § Department of Animal Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721 |
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Abstract: | To evaluate effects of different dry period lengths on milk yield, milk composition, and energy balance of dairy cows, 122 multiparous and primiparous Holstein dairy cows were used in a completely randomized experimental design with 56-, 42-, and 35-d dry period lengths. Actual dry period lengths for respective treatments (TRT) were 56 ± 5.1 d, 42 ± 2.1 d, and 35 ± 2.7 d. Overall, cows in the 42- and 56-d TRT gained more body condition than those in 35-d TRT during the dry period; however, postpartum body condition score did not change substantially among the TRT. Although from 3 to 210 DIM, differences were not detected in the milk yield of multiparous cows between the 35- and 56-d TRT, primiparous cows in the 35-d TRT produced less milk than those in 56-d TRT. In primiparous cows, the milk production at wk 9, 10, and 11 of lactation was lower in the 35-d compared with the 56-d TRT. Primiparous cows in the 35-d compared with the 56-d TRT produced less milk protein. In the 35-d TRT, serum triglyceride concentration was greater in primiparous cows than in multiparous cows during the peripartum period. Among primiparous cows, those in the 56-d TRT had greater concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids than those in the 35-d TRT during the peripartum period. No significant differences were observed in concentrations of serum glucose, insulin, and insulin-like growth factor-I during early lactation among TRT. There was also no difference among TRT for incidence of metabolic disorders. Thus, this study indicates that shortening the dry period to 35 d may be beneficial in multiparous and overconditioned cows, but not in primiparous cows. |
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Keywords: | dry period metabolic status performance |
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