Effect of Feeding a Combination of Zinc, Manganese and Copper Methionine Chelates of Early Lactation High Producing Dairy Cow

Ghada Mostafa El Ashry, Ayman Abdel Mohsen Hassan, Soliman Mohamed Soliman

Animal Production Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.
Regional Centre for Food Feed, Agriculture Research Centre, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/fns.2012.38144                

Abstract

The objective of the study was to compare the effect of feeding mixed chelated minerals (Mn, Cu and Zn) methionine on dairy cow productive performance and milk yield and its components. The trial was conducted with dairy cows across various stage of lactation. The experimental treatments include chelated minerals (15 mg Zn as Zn Met, 20 mg Mn as Mn Met, 10 mg Cu as Cu Met). Inorganic mixture contains (15 mg Zn as ZnSO₄, 20 mg Mn as MnSO₄, 10 mg Cu as CuSO₄) in sulphate forms. The experiment was commenced in the dry period of cows, 6 weeks before calving, and after calving the first three months of lactation was taken into consideration. Milk samples were collected from each cow evening and morning for estimation of milk yield production. The inorganic metals caused a significant decline (P < 0.05) in digestibility coefficients, nutritive value, nitrogen utilization, Cell wall constituents, total VFA’s, rumen volume, microbial and nitrogen synthesis compared to the organic metals. The treated group (chelated minerals) improved the milk yield, and the milk fat percentage of animals across various stages of lactation as compared to inorganic minerals treated group of animals, and no significant differences were observed among groups concerning the entire blood constituent.

Keywords

Milk Yield; Chelated Minerals; Dairy Cows; Milk Production

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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