J Vet Sci.  2014 Jun;15(2):283-288. 10.4142/jvs.2014.15.2.283.

Retrospective surveillance of metabolic parameters affecting reproductive performance of Japanese Black breeding cows

• Watanabe U
• Takagi M
• Yamato O
• Otoi T
• Okamoto K

• KMID: 1784650
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4142/jvs.2014.15.2.283

Abstract

This retrospective study was conducted to confirm the relationship between pre- and postpartum metabolic parameters and postpartum reproductive performance and to clarify seasonal characteristics of the metabolic parameters by using our metabolic profile test (MPT) database of Japanese Black breeding herds. In evaluation 1, MPT databases of blood samples from multiparous cows collected prepartum and postpartum were divided into two groups according to calving interval, and each MPT parameter was compared. In evaluation 2, the same MPT databases used in evaluation 1 were divided into two groups according to the sampling period. Significant differences were found in the prepartal total protein and postpartal gamma-glutamyltransferase in evaluation 1. In evaluation 2, significant differences were found in the prepartal and postpartal total protein, albumin/globulin ratio, and glucose. Clear seasonal differences in MPT results emphasized the usefulness of the MPT in breeding cattle herds fed home-pasture roughage and suggest that unsatisfactory reproductive performance during hot periods reflects inadequate nutritional content of the diet and possible reduced feed intake due to heat stress.

Keyword

Japanese Black cattle; metabolic parameters; reproductive performance; retrospective surveillance

MeSH Terms

Animals
Blood Proteins/analysis
Cattle/*physiology
Diet/veterinary
Dietary Fiber/analysis
Female
Heat Stress Disorders
*Metabolome
Postpartum Period
*Reproduction
Retrospective Studies
Seasons
Blood Proteins

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