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Rett B, Cooke RF, Brandão AP, Ferreira VSM, Colombo EA, Wiegand JB, Pohler KG, Rincker MJ, Schubach KM. Supplementing Yucca schidigera extract to mitigate frothy bloat in beef cattle receiving a high-concentrate diet. J Anim Sci 2021; 98:5960113. [PMID: 33159518 DOI: 10.1093/jas/skaa355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This experiment compared incidence of frothy bloat, as well as ruminal, physiological, and performance responses of beef heifers receiving a bloat-provoking diet and supplemented with Yucca schidigera extract. Sixteen ruminally cannulated Angus-influenced heifers were ranked by body weight (BW) and assigned to 4 groups of 4 heifers each. Groups were enrolled in a replicated 4 × 4 Latin square design containing 4 periods of 28 d, and a 21-d washout interval between periods. Groups were assigned to receive no Y. schidigera extract (CON), or Y. schidigera extract at (as-fed basis) 1 g/heifer daily (YS1), 2 g/heifer daily (YS2), or 4 g/heifer daily (YS4). During each period, heifers (n = 16/treatment) were housed in individual pens, and fed a sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.)-based bloat-provocative diet at 2% of their BW. Diet and treatments were individually fed to heifers, twice daily in equal proportions (0700 and 1600 hours). Heifers were assessed for bloat score (0 to 5 scale, increasing according to bloat severity) 3 hr after the morning feeding. Blood samples were collected on days 0, 7, 14, 21, and 28 prior to (0 hr) and at 3, 6, and 9 hr relative to the morning feeding. Rumen fluid samples were collected at the same time points on days 0 and 28. Orthogonal contrasts were tested to determine whether inclusion of Y. schidigera extract (0, 1, 2, or 4 g/heifer daily) yielded linear or quadratic effects, and explore an overall effect of Y. schidigera extract supplementation (CON vs. YS1 + YS2 + YS4). Rumen fluid viscosity was impacted quadratically by Y. schidigera extract inclusion (P = 0.02), being greatest in YS1, followed by YS2, and equivalent between CON and YS4 heifers. Heifers receiving Y. schidigera extract had greater (P ≤ 0.05) rumen propionate, iso-valerate, and valerate concentrations, as well as less (P < 0.01) acetate : propionate ratio compared with CON heifers. Inclusion of Y. schidigera extract linearly increased (P ≤ 0.04) average daily gain and feed efficiency. No other treatment effects were noted (P ≥ 0.19) including bloat score (1.07 ± 0.03 across treatments), ruminal protozoa count, plasma concentrations of cortisol, haptoglobin, urea N, total protein, and rumen concentration of total volatile fatty acids. Supplementing Y. schidigera extract up to 4 g/d favored rumen propionate concentrations and linearly increased growth and feed efficiency but failed to mitigate incidence of frothy bloat in beef heifers consuming a grain-based bloat-provocative diet.
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- Bruna Rett
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.,Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.,Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, Brazil
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.,Prairie Research Unit - Mississippi State University, Prairie, MS
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McGuffey RK. A 100-Year Review: Metabolic modifiers in dairy cattle nutrition. J Dairy Sci 2018; 100:10113-10142. [PMID: 29153158 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2017-12987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The first issue of the Journal of Dairy Science in 1917 opened with the text of the speech by Raymond A. Pearson, president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture, at the dedication of the new dairy building at the University of Nebraska (J. Dairy Sci. 1:4-18, 1917). Fittingly, this was the birth of a new research facility and more importantly, the beginning of a new journal devoted to the sciences of milk production and manufacture of products from milk. Metabolic modifiers of dairy cow metabolism enhance, change, or interfere with normal metabolic processes in the ruminant digestive tract or alter postabsorption partitioning of nutrients among body tissues. Papers on metabolic modifiers became more frequent in the journal around 1950. Dairy farming changed radically between 1955 and 1965. Changes in housing and feeding moved more cows outside, and cows and heifers in all stages of lactation, including the dry period, were fed as a single group. Rations became wetter with the shift to corn silage as the major forage in many rations. Liberal grain feeding met the requirements of high-producing cows and increased production per cow but introduced new challenges; for example, managing and feeding cows as a group. These changes led to the introduction of new strategies that identified and expanded the use of metabolic modifiers. Research was directed at characterizing the new problems for the dairy cow created by group feeding. Metabolic modifiers went beyond feeding the cow and included environmental and housing factors and additives to reduce the incidence and severity of many new conditions and pathologies. New collaborations began among dairy cattle specialties that broadened our understanding of the workings of the cow. The Journal of Dairy Science then and now plays an enormously important role in dissemination of the findings of dairy scientists worldwide that address existing and new technologies.
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- R K McGuffey
- McGuffey Dairy Consulting, Indianapolis, IN 46202.
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Vasconcelos JT, Galyean ML. ASAS Centennial Paper: Contributions in the Journal of Animal Science to understanding cattle metabolic and digestive disorders1. J Anim Sci 2008; 86:1711-21. [DOI: 10.2527/jas.2008-0854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bovine respiratory disease is the most common health issue affecting stocker cattle. There are several nonrespiratory diseases that affect stockers. The more common diseases include rumen tympany, infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, coccidiosis, photosensitization, and foot rot. Accurate diagnosis, early treatment, and incorporating appropriate preventive measures can assist cattle production.
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- Douglas L Step
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA.
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Min BR, Pinchak WE, Fulford JD, Puchala R. Wheat pasture bloat dynamics, in vitro ruminal gas production, and potential bloat mitigation with condensed tannins1. J Anim Sci 2005; 83:1322-31. [PMID: 15890809 DOI: 10.2527/2005.8361322x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) forage growth stage, forage allowance, time of day, and commercial condensed tannins (CT) on steer bloat dynamics and in vitro ruminal gas production. Twenty-six crossbreed steers (Angus x Hereford x Salers; average initial BW = 194 +/- 26 kg) were used. Wheat forage allowances were either 18 kg (high forage allowance) and 6 kg (low forage allowance) of DM/(100 kg BW.d). In each bloat observation period, fresh wheat forage samples were hand-clipped to ground level in all study pastures for nutrient and in vitro ruminal gas production analyses. In vitro ruminal gas accumulation was measured at 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 12 h. Commercial CT was added at 0, 10, 15, and 20 mg of CT/g of DM. Bloat was scored once per week on two consecutive days at 0800 and 1500 during the vegetative stage and once every 2 wk during the reproductive stage of wheat development. Mean bloat score was calculated for each steer by time of day, stage of plant growth, and forage allowance. Bloat was detected in 65.8% of the observation periods. Average bloat scores were four and 2.5 times greater (P < 0.05) in cattle grazing at a high forage allowance than at a low forage allowance in the vegetative and reproductive growth phases of wheat, respectively. Rate of gas production was greater (P < 0.001) in the vegetative stage than in the reproductive stage. Steer bloat score was positively correlated with forage CP (r = 0.22; P < 0.05) and IVDMD (r = 0.32; P < 0.05). Rate of ruminal gas production was positively correlated (P < 0.01) to forage CP (r = 0.48), NPN (r = 0.40), soluble protein (r = 0.32), and IVDMD (r = 0.47). Conversely, negative correlations were found for forage DM (r = -0.20; P < 0.05), insoluble protein (r = -0.40), NDF (r = -0.69), and forage height (r = -0.49; P < 0.01) on the rate of ruminal gas production. Addition of CT at levels greater than 10 mg of CT/g of DM decreased (P < 0.05) the rate of in vitro ruminal gas and methane gas production after 5 h of incubation. Wheat pasture bloat is a complex disorder that varies across an array of forage and environmental conditions. Condensed tannins have the potential to decrease bloat by altering ruminal gas production and soluble protein digestibility from wheat forage.
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- B R Min
- Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Vernon, 76385, USA
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Stiles D, Bartley E, Kilgore G, Boren F, Perry H. Comparative Value of Alfalfa Pasture, Alfalfa Greenchop, or Alfalfa Hay for Lactating Dairy Cows. J Dairy Sci 1971. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(71)85779-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MILTIMORE JE, McARTHUR JM. BLOAT INVESTIGATIONS. PREVENTION WITH POLOXALENE, TALLOW, PLURONIC, AND PHOSPHORUS ON ALFALFA. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE 1970. [DOI: 10.4141/cjas70-089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Freshly-chopped, immature alfalfa was fed to cattle in three experiments. In the first experiment, bloat incidence on treatments of poloxalene as a top dressing and 10% tallow in grain were compared with the control. There was significantly less bloat on the poloxalene treatment, on which bloat did not occur, compared with a bloat incidence on the control of 13.6%. The tallow treatment resulted in 10.2% bloat, which was not significantly less than the control. There were 21 animals on test for 42 days. In the second experiment, bloat incidence was determined in 80 animals over 14 days on treatments of poloxalene as a top dressing, poloxalene in molasses and salt blocks, pluronic in water, and a control. There was a bloat incidence of 4.6% in the control group. This was a significantly greater incidence than in the poloxalene top dressing treatment, on which bloat did not occur. Bloat incidences of 2.9 and 2.2% in the poloxalene block and pluronic treatments, respectively, were not significantly different from the control. In the third experiment, free access to 14.3% disodium phosphate in cobalt-iodized salt did not significantly reduce bloat. Average bloat incidence in a 90-day bloat test with a total of 14 animals was 7.7% for the control group and 6.7% for the phosphorus treatment.
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Stiles D, Bartley E, Dayton A, Perry H, Kilgore G, Boren F. Growth of Holstein Calves Fed Alfalfa Pasture, Alfalfa Greenchop, or Alfalfa Hay. J Dairy Sci 1970. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(70)86237-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stiles D, Bartley E, Kilgore G, Boren F, Ott R, Clark J. Comparative Value of Afalfa Pasture, Bromegrass Pasture, or Alfalfa Hay for Lactating Dairy Cows. J Dairy Sci 1968. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(68)87242-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Foote LE, Girouard RE, Johnston JE, Rainey J, Brown PB, Willis WH. Poloxalene for prevention of legume bloat. J Dairy Sci 1968; 51:584-90. [PMID: 5689910 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(68)87032-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Stiles DA, Bartley EE, Erhart AB, Meyer RM, Boren FW. Bloat in cattle. 13. Efficacy of molasses-salt blocks containing poloxalene in control of alfalfa bloat. J Dairy Sci 1967; 50:1437-43. [PMID: 6064143 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(67)87646-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bartley E, Lippke H, Pfost H, Nijweide R, Jacobson N, Meyer E. Bloat in Cattle. X. Efficacy of Poloxalene in Controlling Alfalfa Bloat in Dairy Steers and in Lactating Cows in Commercial Dairy Herds. J Dairy Sci 1965. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(65)88545-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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HELMER LG, BARTLEY EE, MEYER RM. Bloat in Cattle. IX. Effect of Poloxalene, Used to Prevent Legume Boat, on Milk Production, Feed Intake, Health, Reproduction, and Rumen Fermentation. J Dairy Sci 1965; 48:575-9. [PMID: 14329482 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(65)88287-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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MEYER RM, HELMER LG, BARTLEY EE. Bloat in Cattle. VIII. Extent of Elimination in Milkand Body Tissues of C14-Labeled Poloxalene Used to Prevent Legume Bloat. J Dairy Sci 1965; 48:503-5. [PMID: 14282453 DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(65)88264-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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