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2011; Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station contribution; no. 12-176-S; Report of progress (Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service); 1057; Monensin; Transition cow; Feeding behavior; Dairy
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Effects Of Monensin On Metabolic Profile And Feeding Behavior Of Transition Dairy Cows (2011), C.R. Mullins, C.E. Moore, H.B. Green, K.L. Perfield
Effects Of Monensin On Metabolic Profile And Feeding Behavior Of Transition Dairy Cows (2011), C.R. Mullins, C.E. Moore, H.B. Green, K.L. Perfield
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Thirty-two Holstein transition cows were used to determine the effects of monensin (Rumensin, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield, IN; 400 mg/cow daily) on metabolism and feeding behavior. Cows were assigned randomly, based on calving date, to control or monensin treatments (n = 16 per treatment) 21 days before their expected calving date, and cows remained on treatments through 21 days in milk. Feeding behavior and water intake data were collected daily. Blood samples were collected at 8 different time points during the experimental period. Monensin decreased mean and peak plasma ketone concentrations, and also decreased time between meals before and after …