Effect of dietary lipid supplementation on progesterone concentration and reproductive performance in suckled beef cows.
Theriogenology
; 41(2): 423-35, 1994 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Using whole cottonseed as a lipid source, silage-based diets that were isocaloric and isonitrogenous yet varied in lipid level were fed to multiparous cows. In Experiment 1, 48 cows (n = 12 per treatment) were allotted to 1 of 4 treatments where diets were formulated to supply 3.9, 4.3, 5.3 and 6.3% of total lipid. In Experiment 2, 66 cows (n = 22 per treatment) were allotted to 1 of 3 treatments where diets were formulated to supply 3.1, 5.5 and 8.3% of total lipid. Length of the first ovarian cycle, length of the first normal estrous cycle, postpartum intervals to onset of ovarian luteal activity and to first estrus were not affected by diet (P>0.10) in either experiment. Mean progesterone (P(4)) concentrations for first normal estrous cycles were not different (P>0.10) in either experiment. Anestrous periods were divided into 3 phases for analyses Phase I) parturition to onset of ovarian luteal activity, Phase II) first ovarian luteal activity and Phase III) first normal estrous cycle. No differences were observed in P(4) concentrations during any phase of the postpartum period. In conclusion, isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets with increasing levels of lipid had no effect on reproductive performance in suckled beef in these experiments.
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Theriogenology
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1994
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