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Effects of age on plasma metabolites and hormones in finishing Belgian Blue double-muscled cull females

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

J.-F. Cabaraux ,
I. Dufrasne ,
L. Istasse  and
J.-L. Hornick
J.-F. Cabaraux*
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, B43
I. Dufrasne
Affiliation:
Experimental Station, B39, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Sart-Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium
L. Istasse
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, B43
J.-L. Hornick
Affiliation:
Nutrition Unit, B43
*
†E-mail:jfcabaraux@ulg.ac.be
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Abstract

Two groups of 12 Belgian Blue double-muscled cull females were used successively in a 2-year repeated experiment and divided into three groups according to age, allowing four animals per group each year. The aim of the trial was to relate, during the finishing period, the metabolic and endocrine parameters with age. Females were fattened with a diet based on maize silage and were blood sampled on several occasions. The average daily gain (ADG) decreased with the age of the cows. Plasma glucose and triglycerides decreased also with age while the youngest females showed lower concentrations of urea than those older. The composition of plasma non-esterified fatty acids also differed considerably between groups. The hormones that best related with ADG were IGF-1 and insulin. Plasma concentrations of thyroid hormones were lower in the oldest animals. No difference between groups was found for GH. Heifers presented lower concentrations of GH and IGF-1 than those reported elsewhere in fattening bulls of the same breed. It may be concluded that in Belgian Blue double-muscled females, glucose, IGF-1 and insulin are good indicators of the growth potential. Young adult cows presented intermediate characteristics of metabolic and endocrine status that were close either to younger or to older cows.

Keywords

Belgian Bluecowshormonesmetabolites
Type
Growth, development and meat science
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Animal Science , Volume 78 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 229 - 235
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 2004

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