Effect of peroral supplementation with selenium and vitamin e during late pregnancy on udder health and milk quality in dairy cows

Authors

  • Milan Vasiľ University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Animal Husbandry, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice
  • František Zigo University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Animal Husbandry, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice
  • Juraj Elečko University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Animal Husbandry, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice
  • Martina Zigová Pavol Jozef Šafárik University of Košice, Department of Pharmacology, Šrobárova 1014/2, 040 01 Košice
  • Zuzana Farkašová University of Veterinary Medicine and Pharmacy, Department of Animal Husbandry, Komenského 73, 041 81 Košice

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5219/766

Keywords:

dairy cows, selenium, vitamin E, mastitis, SCC

Abstract

The aim of the experiment was to study selenium and vitamin E sources in the diet of dairy cows in late phase of pregnancy and their effects on udder health and milk quality during the first two weeks after calving. The experiment included 48 cows of Holstein breed divided into four equal groups (n = 12). The first experimental group (D1) was fed with addition of vitamin E in total dose of 1020 dl-a-tocopherol acetate Se/cow per day. The second group (D2) was added the selenium at a dose of 0.3 mg.kg-1 of DM in form of sodium selenite. The third group (D3) was supplemented with addition of vitamin E in combination with sodium selenite in total dose of 1020 dl-a-tocopherol acetate Se/cow per day and of 5.0 mg Se/cow per day, respectively. The control group (C) was without the addition of selenium and vitamin E. In group (D2) with addition of selenium at a dose of 0.3 mg.kg-1 of DM and vitamin E a dose of 50 mg dl-a-tocopherol acetate/kg of DM in diet, increased the plasmatic concentration of selenium and vitamin E and reduced the incidence of mastitis by 13.3% and number of somatic cells during peripartal period in comparison with other groups.

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2017-07-10

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Vasiľ, M. ., Zigo, F. ., Elečko, J. ., Zigová, M. ., & Farkašová, Z. . (2017). Effect of peroral supplementation with selenium and vitamin e during late pregnancy on udder health and milk quality in dairy cows. Potravinarstvo Slovak Journal of Food Sciences, 11(1), 535–538. https://doi.org/10.5219/766

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