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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD)"”.
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Effects of dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) and Na:K on dairy cows in early lactation, and the interaction of particle size reduction via mastication and rumination with digestion and passage in cattle
… between animal and microbial effects; i.e., mastication during eating enhances microbial fermentation, which increases the effectiveness of comminution during rumination. Significant amounts of variation in the particle size distributions of boluses entering the reticulorumen can now be explained …
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Evaluating the inclusion of alfalfa hay in diets fed to pregnant and non-lactating Holstein cows during the prepartum period
… period (21 d before calving). All diets had a dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) below -190 mEq/kg/DM. Grass hay contained 7.5% CP, 74.9% NDF, 0.36% Ca, 0.02% Na, 1.88% K, 0.38% Cl, and 0.15% S. Alfalfa hay contained 19.6% CP, 45.6% NDF, 1.52% Ca, 0.16% Na, 2.5% K, 0.77% Cl, and 0.32% S. …
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Effects of feeding moderate-energy high-forage diets with reduced DCAD for twenty-one or forty-two days prepartum on mineral homeostasis and postpartum performance
… are not completely understood. Extended negative dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) feeding in the prepartum diet would allow producers to utilize a one group dry cow pen; reducing social stress on cows while providing protection against hypocalcemia. High-fiber prepartum diets including wheat …
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The effects of feeding a negative dietary cation-anion difference diet at two dietary calcium inclusion rates to close up dry cows on the subsequent lactation uterine health and fertility
Feeding a negative dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) diet in the prepartum phase been associated with increased biological active blood Ca levels (ionized Calcium; iCa) in the first days postpartum, linked with decrease incidences of hypocalcemia (HC) and subclinical hypocalcemia (SCH), as …