1. Sodium butyrate supplementation and the effect on glucose levels and lipid metabolism of dairy cows.
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Halfen, J., Faccio Demarco, C., Soares Falson, J. P., Amaral Barbosa, A., de Oliveira Feijó, J., Rohrig Rabassa, V., Schmitt, E., Nunes Corrêa, M., Cassal Brauner, C., and Burkert Del Pino, F. A.
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SODIUM butyrate , *BLOOD sugar , *FATTY acids , *DAIRY cattle , *BODY weight , *BUTYRATES , *LIPID metabolism - Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of sodium butyrate supplementation on plasma glucose levels and lipid metabolism of the cow in the mid-lactation. For this, ten dairy cows (four Holstein and six Jersey, multiparous, 150 days in milk (DIM) were used and randomly divided into two groups: Control Group (CG, n = 5), which received the standard diet; Treatment Group (TG, n = 5), which received the standard diet plus 1.0 g/kg of body weight per day of butyrate over a 8 days period. Individual blood samples were collected once daily throughout the experimental period for analysis of ß-hydroxybutyrate (BHB), non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA), triglycerides, cholesterol and glucose. It can be observed that in TG the BHB blood levels were higher (0.64 ± 0.03 mmol/l and 0.91 ± 0.03 mmol/l, for CG and TG, respectively, P=0.001) and the glucose levels were lower than the CG (55.5 ± 0.84 mg/dL and 51.1 ± 0.75 mg/dL, for TG and CG, respectively, P<0.0001). The results show that supplementing cows with sodium butyrate may regulate the rate of lipolysis and the concentrations of NEFA improving the health status of the animal. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021