1. In two experiments measurements were made of food intake, live-weight change, milk yield and milk composition in early lactation when dairy cows were given diets containing varying proportions of protein as fish meal (low rumen degradability) or as groundnut meal (high rumen degradability). In a preliminary trial measurements were also made with cows given supplements of either fish meal or ...

Sixty sows were individually penned in a thermoneutral (20~ or hyperthermal (32~ environment and fed a basal (corn-soybean meal), high-fiber (48.5% wheat bran) or high-fat (10.6% choice white grease) diet from d 100 of gestation through a 22-d lactation. The diets were determined to contain 3.28, 2.76 and 3.75 Meal ME/kg, respectively. All pigs received 8.0 Meal of ME and 17.5 g of lysine daily...

Obesity is a condition characterized by an excess of body fat, hyperphagia, hyperinsulinaemia and moderate hyperglycaemia (Bray & York, 1979). The lactating rat, despite being hyperphagic, is hypoinsulinaemic (Flint et al., 1979), moderately hypoglycaemic (Robinson et al., 1978) and may display an extensive catabolism of body fat (Steingrimsdottir et al., 1980; Rolls et al., 1984). The purpose ...

Present study was conducted on 12 dry Surti buffaloes to assess the effect of heat stress amelioration during period their biological responses and milk production in subsequent lactation. Buffaloes were divided into control (n=6) treatment groups. Treatment housed only shed having wall-mounted fans, roof whitewashed with microfine lime powder open paddock covered 75% green net. At -8, -3, +1 +...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the energy requirements of pregnant and lactating women consistent with optimal pregnancy outcome and adequate milk production. DESIGN Total energy cost of pregnancy was estimated using the factorial approach from pregnancy-induced increments in basal metabolic rate measured by respiratory calorimetry or from increments in total energy expenditure measured by the doubly ...

To determine whether mice were limited in their capacity to absorb energy during late lactation, we attempted to increase the energy burden experienced by a group of female mice during late lactation by mating them at the postpartum oestrus, hence combining the energy demands of pregnancy and lactation. These experimental mice were therefore concurrently pregnant and lactating in their first la...

Lactation alters maternal metabolism and increases food intake in rats to support milk production. Pancreatic lipase (PL) is primarily responsible for fat digestion in adults and is regulated by dietary fat. The present research determined the regulation of PL by lactation and dietary fat. In Expt 1, eighteen Sprague-Dawley dams and twelve age-matched virgins (controls) were fed a low-fat diet ...

A total of 146 primiparous sows was used in four replications of an experiment to investigate the effect of energy intake during a 28-d lactation on sow and litter performance. Dietary treatments consisted of three energy intakes; 10, 12 or 14 Mcal of metabolizable energy (ME) X sow-1 X d-1. All sows were fed equal amounts of crude protein, vitamins and minerals daily, which met or exceeded sta...

Thirty-six primiparous sows were assigned to one of five treatments designed to mimic the lactation feed intake patterns observed in a previous study of commercial farms: high energy intake (HHH) or low energy intake during each week of a 3-wk lactation (LLL), or reduced intake during wk 1 (LHH), wk 2 (HLH) or wk 3 of lactation (HHL). The metabolizable energy intake of sows was either 16.5 (H) ...