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Yeast culture supplementation prevented milk fat depression by a short-term dietary challenge with fermentable starch.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19109275     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Effects of yeast culture on responses to a fermentable starch challenge were evaluated in an experiment with a crossover arrangement of treatments for yeast culture supplementation with 28-d periods and a fermentable starch challenge on the last 2 d of each 28-d period as a split plot within period. Eight ruminally cannulated, midlactation, multiparous Holstein cows (96 +/- 14 d in milk) were randomly assigned to treatment sequence. Treatments were yeast culture or control (mix of dry ground corn and soybean meal), top-dressed at 56 g per head per day throughout each period. Diets containing dry ground corn grain were fed from d 1 through 26 of each period. On the last 2 d of each period, the dry ground corn was replaced by finely ground high-moisture corn grain on an equivalent dry matter basis to abruptly increase ruminal fermentability of dietary starch. Response variables were averaged for d 25 and 26 for the dry corn treatment and for d 27 and 28 for the high-moisture corn treatment each period. The fermentable starch challenge decreased dry matter intake by 1.9 kg/d and tended to increase milk yield compared with the dry corn diet. However, effects of the fermentable starch challenge on yield of milk fat varied for the yeast culture and control diets; yield of milk fat decreased from 1.42 to 1.30 kg/d for the control treatment but increased from 1.40 to 1.47 kg/d for the yeast culture treatment. Milk fat concentration tended to decrease from 3.34 to 3.03% during the dietary challenge compared with the base diet for the control treatment but was not affected (mean = 3.32%) by the dietary challenge for the yeast culture treatment. An interaction of treatments was also detected for fat-corrected milk, which increased from 41.0 to 43.0 kg/d for the yeast culture treatment but decreased from 41.6 to 39.8 kg/d for the control diet with the fermentable starch challenge. Frequency of ruminating bouts was decreased by yeast culture compared with control (12.8 vs. 15.7 bouts/d) but not the fermentable starch challenge. No treatment interactions were observed for any measure of ruminal pH, total or individual volatile fatty acid concentration in ruminal fluid, acetate:propionate ratio, or individual fatty acid isomers in milk fat. Yeast culture supplementation may help prevent depression in milk fat during transition to a diet with highly fermentable starch, but the mechanism responsible remains to be elucidated.
Authors:
R A Longuski; Y Ying; M S Allen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of dairy science     Volume:  92     ISSN:  1525-3198     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Dairy Sci.     Publication Date:  2009 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-25     Completed Date:  2009-02-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985126R     Medline TA:  J Dairy Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  160-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Ammonia / analysis
Animals
Cattle
Cross-Over Studies
Diet / veterinary*
Dietary Supplements*
Fats / analysis*
Fatty Acids / analysis
Fatty Acids, Volatile / analysis
Feeding Behavior / physiology
Female
Fermentation*
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Lactic Acid / analysis
Milk / chemistry*,  secretion
Rumen / chemistry
Starch / administration & dosage,  metabolism*
Yeasts*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Fats; 0/Fatty Acids; 0/Fatty Acids, Volatile; 50-21-5/Lactic Acid; 7664-41-7/Ammonia; 9005-25-8/Starch

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