PMID- 36823016 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230404 LR - 20230404 IS - 1525-3198 (Electronic) IS - 0022-0302 (Linking) VI - 106 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Apr TI - Influence of lactation stage on heat production and macronutrient oxidation in dairy cows during a 24-hour fasting period. PG - 2933-2947 LID - S0022-0302(23)00067-X [pii] LID - 10.3168/jds.2022-22330 [doi] AB - Understanding nutrient utilization and partitioning is essential for advancing the efficiency of dairy cattle. Our objective was to determine if dairy cows exposed to a 24-h fasting period differ in heat production (HP) and macronutrient oxidation at different stages of lactation. Twelve primiparous, lactating German Holstein dairy cows were used in a longitudinal study design spanning from 2013 to 2014. Dairy cows were housed in respiration chambers during 3 stages of the lactation cycle: early (mean +/- SD; 28.8 +/- 6.42 d), mid- (89.4 +/- 4.52 d), and late (293 +/- 7.76 d) lactation. Individual CO(2), O(2), and CH(4) gas exchanges were measured every 6 min for two 24-h periods, an ad libitum period and fasting period (RES). Blood was sampled at the start and end of the RES period. Gas measurements were used to calculate HP, net carbohydrate oxidation (COX), and net fat oxidation (FOX). Measurements were corrected with metabolic BW (kg of BW(0.75); cBW). The RES period for each stage of lactation was further subdivided into the start (RES(start)) and end (RES(end)) by averaging the first and last 2 h of the RES period. The net change was calculated as RES(end) - RES(start). All energy variables differed among lactation stage within the RES period except for HP/cBW. As expected, COX, COX/cBW, COX/HP, HP, and HP/cBW, were greater at the RES(start) compared with RES(end), whereas FOX, FOX/cBW, and FOX/HP were greater at the RES(end) except for FOX and FOX/cBW during mid lactation, which was only a tendency for a difference. The net change for COX, COX/cBW, HP, HP/cBW, and FOX/cBW did not differ among stages of lactation. Despite detecting a tendency for a difference among stage of lactation for FOX, pairwise analysis revealed no differences. Plasma triglyceride, urea, and nonesterified fatty acid concentrations were greater at RES(end) than RES(start). The net change for plasma glucose, urea, beta-hydroxybutyrate, and nonesterified fatty acid concentrations were greater in early than late lactation. Our results demonstrate that despite differences in absolute measurements of energy variables and plasma metabolites, the change in whole-body macronutrient oxidation and HP as cows' transition from a fed-like state to a starvation-like state during a 24-h fasting period is consistent throughout lactation. CI - The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. and Fass Inc. on behalf of the American Dairy Science Association(R). This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). FAU - Kennedy, K M AU - Kennedy KM AD - Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Nutritional Physiology "Oskar Kellner," Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, Dummerstorf, 18196, Germany. FAU - Kuhla, B AU - Kuhla B AD - Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Institute of Nutritional Physiology "Oskar Kellner," Wilhelm-Stahl-Allee 2, Dummerstorf, 18196, Germany. Electronic address: b.kuhla@fbn-dummerstorf.de. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230222 PL - United States TA - J Dairy Sci JT - Journal of dairy science JID - 2985126R RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Nonesterified) SB - IM MH - Female MH - Cattle MH - Animals MH - *Lactation/metabolism MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - *Energy Metabolism MH - Fasting MH - Nutrients MH - Fatty Acids, Nonesterified MH - Thermogenesis MH - Diet/veterinary MH - Milk/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - carbohydrate oxidation OT - dairy cows OT - fat oxidation OT - heat production EDAT- 2023/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/04 06:42 CRDT- 2023/02/23 22:16 PHST- 2022/05/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/04 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/23 22:16 [entrez] AID - S0022-0302(23)00067-X [pii] AID - 10.3168/jds.2022-22330 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dairy Sci. 2023 Apr;106(4):2933-2947. doi: 10.3168/jds.2022-22330. Epub 2023 Feb 22.