Effect of Dietary Cation-Anion Difference on Milk Composition and Blood Mineral Status of ...

The aim of this study was to see how a diet designed to provide prepartum (DCAD= -749.16 mEq/head/day) and postpartum (DCAD = 1473.56 mEq/head/day) mineral concentrations, health, and postpartum milk production and composition in buffaloes affected blood mineral concentrations, health, and postpartum milk production and composition. Twenty multiparous buffaloes were enrolled and divided into two classes 21 days before their scheduled calving date. The treatment group of 10 cows was fed anionic rations from birth to parturition and cationic rations from parturition to +21 days, while the control group was fed a standard ration. Milk fever, dystocia, placental retention, and mastitis are all common postpartum.

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