Nitrogen utilisation by dairy cows fed diets differing in crude protein level with a deficit in ruminal fermentable nitrogen | Utilisation de l'azote par des vaches laitières alimentées avec des concentrations variables en protéines de la ration et avec un déficit en azote fermentescible au niveau ruminal
2002
Monteils, V. ((Institut National Polytechnique de Nancy, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy (France). Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie et des Industries Alimentaires, Laboratoire de Sciences Animales)) | Jurjanz, S. | Blanchart, G. | Laurent, F.
The efficiency of nitrogen utilisation by dairy cows was studied, using three diets differing in the crude protein (CP) level but with similar deficits (10 g/kg dry matter, DM) in ruminal fermentable nitrogen. There was no difference in milk yield from the cows offered the three diets (130, 145 and 160 g CP/kg DM). The milk protein content differed between the two most extreme diets (28.9 vs. 29.9 g/kg, P 0.05), resulting in higher protein yields for the highest CP treatment (P 0.01). The efficiency of nitrogen utilisation, calculated as the proportion of ingested nitrogen recovered in the milk, was significantly higher for the 130 g CP/kg DM diet than for the other two diets (0.37 vs. 0.33 and 0.32 respectively, P 0.01). The different diets also resulted in different levels of nitrogen excretion into the environment (237, 270 and 330 g N/d, P 0.01). Hepatic deamination of the amino acids may have generated additional energy to enable the animal to make use of the additional nitrogen in the diet, resulting in an increase in plasma urea concentration
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