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Effect of glycerol supplementation during early lactation on milk yield, milk composition, nutrient digestibility and blood metabolites of dairy buffaloes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2017

A. M. Saleem ,
A. I. Zanouny  and
A. M. Singar
A. M. Saleem*
Affiliation:
Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, South Valley University, Qena 83523, Egypt
A. I. Zanouny
Affiliation:
Animal and Poultry Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Minia University, Minia, Egypt
A. M. Singar
Affiliation:
Animal and Poultry Production and Fish Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt
*
† E-mail: a.seliem@agr.svu.edu.eg
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Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of increasing levels of glycerol in the diet on milk yield and composition, diet digestibility and some blood metabolites of dairy buffaloes in early lactation. A total of 24 buffaloes were blocked by average milk yield, parity and BW and then randomly assigned to three treatments: control without glycerol (CON); low glycerol (LG): control plus glycerol at 150 ml/day per buffalo; and high glycerol (HG): control plus glycerol at 300 ml/day per buffalo. The experimental period lasted for 60 days. Feeding LG and HG decreased (P<0.0001) dry matter intake compared with the CON. Buffaloes supplemented with LG and HG produced more milk (P<0.01) and had a greater (P<0.0001) yield of fat-corrected milk (3.5%) than those buffaloes fed control treatment. Glycerol-supplemented buffaloes showed a positive energy status indicated by reduced concentrations of non-esterified fatty acids and β-hydroxybutyrate. Feeding LG and HG tended to increase (P⩽0.10) concentrations of milk fat, and serum total protein and globulin and significantly decreased (P⩽0.05) milk urea nitrogen and somatic cells counts (SCCs) compared to the CON group. Inclusion of LG and HG had no effect on organic matter and non-fiber carbohydrate digestion, but improved dry matter (P=0.02), CP (P=0.09), ether extract (P=0.03), NDF (P=0.07) and ADF (P=0.03) digestion.

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glycerolbuffalomilk yielddigestibilityblood metabolite

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animal , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 2018 , pp. 757 - 763
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© The Animal Consortium 2017 

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