Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2014, 62(5), 897-904 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201462050897

Effect of Prepartum Supplementation of Yeast Culture (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) on Biochemical Parameters of Dairy Cows and Their Newborn Calves

Martina Fröhdeová, Veronika Mlejnková, Kateřina Lukešová, Petr Doležal
Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

The aim of our experiment was to compare the effect of different levels of the addition of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S. c.) yeast culture on feed carrier to the current ration MK DOJ Levucell SC 20, Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-1077 (E 1711) 20.1010 CFU on the blood parameters of high-pregnant breeding cows and their calves. The experiment included 42 breeding cows of the Czech Fleckvieh cattle breed and their calves. The breeding cows were divided into two age groups, each of 21 heads. The first group included heifers and the second group consisted of cows on the 2nd and higher lactation. Each age group had 7 control animals (Heifers/Cows - control), 7 animals receiving 50 g of yeast culture on the feed carrier per head and day (Heifers/Cows - 50 g), and 7 animals receiving 150 g of yeast culture on the feed carrier per head and day (Heifers/Cows - 150 g). Blood of the animals was sampled three times during the experiment - two times in the cows and one time in their calves. The first blood sample was taken from the breeding cows before the start of feeding the yeast culture ca. 23 days before the expected parturition (Cow -23). The second blood sample was taken from the breeding cows within 24 hours after birth (Cow +2) and the third blood sample was taken from the calves on the 3rd-4th day after birth (Calf +4). Parameters ascertained in the processed serum were: immunoglobulines G (IgG), crude protein (CP), gamma glutamyl-transferase (GGT), urea, glutamate-pyruvate-transaminase (GPT) and glutamate-oxaloacetate-transaminase (GOT). Results of our experiment, which lasted from 16.3 to 28.6 (105 days) showed IgG in the serum of cows on the 2nd and higher lactation in the control group (3.8 ± 1.48 mg/ml) was statistically significantly lower (P < 0.05) in the blood sample Cow +2 than in the serum of cows in the 2nd and higher lactation fed with the lower concentration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae at the same sampling (15.9 ± 11.41 mg/ml). This correlates also with the fact that the content of IgG antibodies in the serum of calves after the cows on the 2nd and higher lactation in the control group (3.9 ± 2.06 mg/ml) was statistically significantly (P < 0.05) lower than that of calves after the cows on the 2nd and higher lactation with the lower concentration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (14.6 ± 8.67 mg/ ml). As to the higher addition, no statistically significant difference of the effect on the IgG content was recorded (P < 0.05).

Keywords: blood serum, immunoglobulines G, crude protein, gamma glutamyl-transferase, enzymes
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This project was funded and implemented with the support of IGA MENDELU No. IP 20/2012.

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Fröhdeová, M., Mlejnková, V., Lukešová, K., & Doležal, P. (2014). Effect of Prepartum Supplementation of Yeast Culture (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) on Biochemical Parameters of Dairy Cows and Their Newborn Calves. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 62(5), 897-904. doi: 10.11118/actaun201462050897
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