Dam prepartum skeletal muscle reserves and supplementation with branched-chain volatile fatty acids during late gestation influence calf birth weight and calf muscle metabolic activity

Dairy cattle mobilize skeletal muscle in the periparturient period to close energy and metabolizable protein gaps due to the high demands of the growing fetus and milk production. The objective of this study was to determine if the amount of dam prepartum muscle reserves and branched-chain volatile...

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Main Authors: Linda M. Beckett, Brianna Gast, Evy Tobolski, Lauren Jones, Kyrstin Gouveia, Yu Han-Hallett, Theresa Casey, Jacquelyn P. Boerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:JDS Communications
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666910225000134
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