Effects of supplementation of calcium salts of polyunsaturated fatty acids on serum concentrations of progesterone and insulin of pregnant dairy cows

Forty-five non-lactating, pregnant Holstein animals (18 heifers and 27 multiparous cows; BW = 561±114 kg; BCS = 2.9±0.3; days pregnant = 110±56 d) were stratified by initial BW and BCS, and randomly assigned to receive daily (as-fed basis) 0.50 kg of ground corn plus 0.22 kg of kaolin (CON), calcium...

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Main Authors: Philipe Moriel, Bruno Ieda Cappellozza, Luiz Felipe Ferraretto, Augusto Cossolino Aboin, Fernanda Victor Rodrigues Vieira, Ricardo de Oliveira Rodrigues, Reinaldo Fernandes Cooke, José Luiz Moraes Vasconcelos
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Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 2014-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-35982014000100004&lng=en&tlng=en