Effects of dietary energy density and feeding strategy during the dry period on feed intake, energy balance, milk production, and blood metabolites of holstein cows

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• who: A. Pineda from the Our study aimed to assess the effects of a controlled energy diet fed for ad libitum intake or a higher energy diet fed for ad libitum or restricted intakes on blood metabolites before and after parturition, as well as DMI, energy balance, and milk productionData from Holstein cows free of displacement of abomasum, retained placenta, metritis, and hypocalcemia were used to avoid the confounding effects of these disorders on production and metabolic responses. Our hypothesis was that cows fed the ad libitum controlled energy regimen would have improved peripartal outcomes (i.e . . .
  

   

  

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