Impact of prepartum body condition score loss on metabolic status during the transition period and subsequent fertility in Brown Swiss dairy cows

Component	Far-off	Close-up	Early lactation
Ingredient, % of DM
Vetch hay	11.58	-	-
Alfalfa silage	-	-	9.67
Alfalfa hay	7.89	6.97	10.29
Corn silage	52.60	43.51	44.16
Wheat straw	10.52	22.25	-
Soybean meal, 48% CP	-	-	1.61
Concentrated feed	15.78	20.94	30.31
Limestone	0.82	2.25	1.57
Salt	0.30	-	0.26
Ammonium chloride	-	1.15	-
Dicalcium phosphate	0.14	0.30	0.44
Magnesium oxide	-	0.12	0.44
Magnesium sulphate	0.16	1.35	0.25
Sodium bicarbonate	-	-	0.70
Calcium sulphate	-	-	0.10
Mineral-vitamin mix¹	0.21	0.17	0.20

[i] Diet contained a minimum 4.3% of Mg, 8% of S, 6.1% of K, 2.0% of Fe, 3.0% of Zn, 3.0% of Mn, 5,000 mg/kg of Cu, 250 mg/kg of I, 40 mg/kg of Co, 150 mg/kg of Se, 2,200 kIU/kg of vitamin A, 660 kIU/ kg of vitamin D₃, and 7,700 IU/kg of vitamin E

BCS changes (mean ± SEM) during the study period among groups

Effect of different body condition score (BCS) loss on concentration of Ca (mean ± SEM)

Effect of different body condition score (BCS) changes at peripartum period on BHBA

Table 2

Effect of different body condition score (BCS) changes on concentrations of AST, CK, GGT, cholesterol, BID, and BIT (mean ± SEM) among groups

		Days			P-value
Parameters	−14 ± 3 Antepartum	3 Postpartum	14 Postpartum	30 ± 4 Postpartum	Group	Time	Group*Time
AST
BCS-H	76.76 ± 4.09_b	146.09 ± 18.46^a	146.26 ± 17.36^a,A	88.90 ± 5.03^b
BCS-L	82.49 ± 5.51^b	127.04 ± 12.01^a	112.70 ± 11.97^ab,C	92.21 ± 5.22^b	0.034	0.000	0.050
BCS-C	79.75 ± 3.18	107.23 ± 4.03	102.03 ± 4.98^B	85.51 ± 4.85
ALP
BCS-H	45.63 ± 3.26	34.94 ± 5.07	34.25 ± 4.74	35.69 ± 5.75
BCS-L	40.85 ± 4.87^ab	51.90 ± 6.27^a	33.75 ± 3.92^b	30 ± 3.74^b	0.624	0.000	0.052
BCS-C	45.81 ± 6.27^ab	50.48 ± 6.23^a	37.76 ± 5.87^b	40.62 ± 7.12^ab
CK
BCS-H	464.18 ± 183.58^b	1675.20 ± 621.04^a,A	536.60 ± 130.88^b	404.19 ± 139.10^b
BCS-L	452.46 ± 228.74	433.14 ± 104.29^B	376.79 ± 114.27	414.46 ± 132.60	0.010	0.047	0.048
BCS-C	458.78 ± 118.61	219.90 ± 29.43^B	286.23 ± 51.44	329.82 ± 91.09
GGT
BCS-H	15.01 ± 1.27	13.20 ± 2.45	16.10 ± 1.78	18.54 ± 1.49
BCS-L BCS-C	19.02 ± 2.85 15.75 ± 1.63	23.21 ± 3.02 18.90 ± 2.82	22.76 ± 1.95 17.50 ± 2.17	16.03 ± 1.78 14.31 ± 1.26	0.041	0.322	0.112
Cholesterol
BCS-H	93.88 ± 3.43^b	68 ± 4.14^c	79.94 ± 4.48^bc	115.19 ± 5.91^a
BCS-L	88.70 ± 2.90^b	67.25 ± 2.77^c	76.55 ± 8.45^bc	110.30 ± 7.29^a	0.164	0.000	0.940
BCS-C	92.38 ± 2.99^b	76.86 ± 3.05^c	87.48 ± 6.09^bc	117 ±6.01^a
BID
BCS-H	0.11 ± 0.02^ab	0.18 ± 0.03^a,AB	0.13 ± 0.03^ab	0.08 ± 0.02^b
BCS-L	0.10 ± 0.01^bc	0.27 ± 0.03^a,A	0.16 ± 0.02^b	0.08 ± 0.01^c	0.008	0.000	0.016
BCS-C	0.11± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.02^a,B	0.10 ± 0.02^ab	0.05 ± 0.01^b
BIT
BCS-H	0.09 ± 0.01^b	0.31 ± 0.06^a,AB	0.20 ± 0.05^ab,AB	0.11 ± 0.01^b
BCS-L	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.45 ± 0.07^a,A	0.32 ± 0.05^a,A	0.15 ± 0.02^b	0.001	0.000	0.014
BCS-C	0.09 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.02^B	0.16 ± 0.03^B	0.13 ± 0.02

[i] Means within a row (a–c) and column (A–B) with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

Table 3

Effect of different body condition score (BCS) changes on rate of the corpus luteum activity, clinical endometritis, calving to conception interval (median (min–max)), and pregnancy rate

		Group
Parameter	BCS-C	BCS-L	BCS-H	P-value
Corpus luteum activity < 30 ± 4d (%)	61.90	40	50	0.187
Clinical endometritis (%)	9.50 ^b	35 ^a	37.50 ^a	0.032
Interval from calving to conception (day)	82 (47–119)	122(50–168)	106 (47–150)	0.561
Pregnancy rate (%)
1^st service	61.90	50	50	0.473
Overall	80.95^a	65 ^b	56.25 ^b	0.035

[i] Means within a row (a, b) with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jvetres-2019-0039 | Journal eISSN: 2450-8608 (formerly 2300-3235)

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Language: English

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Submitted on: Dec 19, 2018

Accepted on: Jul 2, 2019

Published on: Sep 13, 2019

Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

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Keywords:

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pregnancy,

body condition score,

metabolites

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