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Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress

AIM: The study was to evaluate the relationship between the first service conception (FSC) and milk urea nitrogen (MUN) in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dairy cows from 43 dairy farms giving birth between November 2014 and April 2015 (n=295) contribut...

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Autores principales: Kananub, Suppada, VanLeeuwen, John A., Arunvipas, Pipat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Veterinary World 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30587896
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2018.1604-1608
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VanLeeuwen, John A.
Arunvipas, Pipat
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description AIM: The study was to evaluate the relationship between the first service conception (FSC) and milk urea nitrogen (MUN) in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dairy cows from 43 dairy farms giving birth between November 2014 and April 2015 (n=295) contributed to the study. All cows were sampled monthly to measure milk compositions, and we collected additional farm data from farmers through a questionnaire. The first service during the first 120 days of lactation was the outcome of interest in this study. Multivariable logistic regression determined significant associations with FSC. RESULTS: The overall FSC was 22% and the mean MUN concentration was 11.55 mg/dl. The final FSC model included MUN concentration, the season of breeding, and protein energy ratio (PE ratio) in the diet. The odds of FSC were reduced by approximately 10% for each mg/dl higher MUN on the day of the milk sample that was nearest to the artificial insemination (AI) day. The odds of FSC were nearly 3 times higher when the first insemination occurred in winter compared to summer first services. Taking into account the nutritional factors, the odds of FSC were nearly 70% higher with an increase in PE ratio of 10 g of crude protein/Mcal from the mean of 35.90 g. CONCLUSION: This study of smallholder dairy farmers in the hot and humid climate of Thailand confirmed that season, nutritional management, and MUN concentration were associated with FSC. MUN appears to be a useful indicator to monitor the effects of diet on reproductive performance from this study.
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spelling pubmed-63035042018-12-26 Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress Kananub, Suppada VanLeeuwen, John A. Arunvipas, Pipat Vet World Research Article AIM: The study was to evaluate the relationship between the first service conception (FSC) and milk urea nitrogen (MUN) in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Dairy cows from 43 dairy farms giving birth between November 2014 and April 2015 (n=295) contributed to the study. All cows were sampled monthly to measure milk compositions, and we collected additional farm data from farmers through a questionnaire. The first service during the first 120 days of lactation was the outcome of interest in this study. Multivariable logistic regression determined significant associations with FSC. RESULTS: The overall FSC was 22% and the mean MUN concentration was 11.55 mg/dl. The final FSC model included MUN concentration, the season of breeding, and protein energy ratio (PE ratio) in the diet. The odds of FSC were reduced by approximately 10% for each mg/dl higher MUN on the day of the milk sample that was nearest to the artificial insemination (AI) day. The odds of FSC were nearly 3 times higher when the first insemination occurred in winter compared to summer first services. Taking into account the nutritional factors, the odds of FSC were nearly 70% higher with an increase in PE ratio of 10 g of crude protein/Mcal from the mean of 35.90 g. CONCLUSION: This study of smallholder dairy farmers in the hot and humid climate of Thailand confirmed that season, nutritional management, and MUN concentration were associated with FSC. MUN appears to be a useful indicator to monitor the effects of diet on reproductive performance from this study. Veterinary World 2018-11 2018-11-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6303504/ /pubmed/30587896 http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2018.1604-1608 Text en Copyright: © Kananub, et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
title_full Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
title_fullStr Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
title_full_unstemmed Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
title_short Association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
title_sort association between milk urea nitrogen and first service conception in smallholder dairy farms under heat and humidity stress
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30587896
http://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2018.1604-1608
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