Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Beef Cattle during Transition Period

ZENG Lei; WANG Zhisheng; KANG Kun; XUE Bai; WANG Lizhi; PENG Quanhui; ZOU Huawei; HU Rui; ZHANG Xiangfei; WANG Xueying; YUAN Mei; OU Xijun

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.08.032

2020 , Vol. 32 >Issue 8: 3732 - 3741

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.08.032

Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Beef Cattle during Transition Period

ZENG Lei ,
WANG Zhisheng ,
KANG Kun ,
XUE Bai ,
WANG Lizhi ,
PENG Quanhui ,
ZOU Huawei ,
HU Rui ,
ZHANG Xiangfei ,
WANG Xueying ,
YUAN Mei ,
OU Xijun

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1. Key Laboratory of Low Carbon Culture Production in Cattle in Sichuan, Animal Nutrition Institute, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China;
2. Three Parallel Rivers Agricultural Science and Technology Co., Ltd., Kunming 650403, China

Received date: 2020-02-23

Online published: 2020-08-13

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The objective of present study was to investigate the effect of dietary energy levels on nutrient apparent digestibility and serum biochemical indexes of beef cattle during transition period. Twenty-one healthy late pregnant Chinese Simmental crossbred cattle (Simmental bull×Yunnan yellow cattle) with body weight of (335.7±21.6) kg were selected and divided into 3 groups randomly. Each group was fed a high energy diet (HE) with 1.06×NRC energy requirement, medium energy diet (ME) with 1.00×NRC energy requirement or low energy diet (LE) with 0.94×NRC energy requirement, respectively. Experimental period for each cattle was from prepartum 30 d to postpartum 30 d, amounted to 60 d. Results showed as follows:1) cattle consumed LE diet had greater average dry matter intake (ADMI) when compared with ME and HE diets during transition period (P<0.05). The metabolic energy intake (MEI) per kg metabolic body weight (MBW) was significantly improved with the increasing of dietary energy (P<0.05). Body weight loss of cattle in HE group was 12.9 and 13.9 kg significantly less than those in ME and LE groups (P<0.05). 2) Neutral detergent fibers (NDF), acidic detergent fibers (ADF), Ca and P apparent digestibility of cattle in HE group were significantly higher than those in LE group during prepartum period (P<0.05). 3) The serum non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) and beta-hydroxybutyric acid (BHBA) contents in LE and ME groups were significantly more than those in HE group after calving (P<0.05). In conclusion, cattle fed the high energy diet (1.06×NRC) have higher prepartum nutrient apparent digestibility, energy intake and lower postpartum body weight loss. Meanwhile, serum NEFA, BHBA contents of cattle during postpartum period can be reduced by high energy diet. In this study, the results suggest that heifers consume high energy diet (1.06×NRC) have more weight gain, better energy balance and body condition after calving.

Key words： energy levels; transition beef cattle; apparent digestibility; serum biochemical indexes

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ZENG Lei , WANG Zhisheng , KANG Kun , XUE Bai , WANG Lizhi , PENG Quanhui , ZOU Huawei , HU Rui , ZHANG Xiangfei , WANG Xueying , YUAN Mei , OU Xijun . Effects of Dietary Energy Levels on Nutrient Apparent Digestibility and Serum Biochemical Indexes of Beef Cattle during Transition Period[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2020 , 32(8) : 3732 -3741 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-267x.2020.08.032

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