Influence of Nutrition on Mammary Development in Pre- and Postpubertal Heifers
Open Access
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 65 (5), 793-800
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(82)82268-6
Abstract
This experiment investigated the influence of plane of nutrition on mammary development in heifers. Prepubertal and postpubertal heifers were fed a ration 60:40 concentrate to forage in restricted or ad lib amounts. Dry matter intake of the heifers on restricted feeding was 60% that of heifers fed ad lib. Average daily gain of heifers on restricted feeding was 613 g compared with 1218 g for heifers fed ad lib. Ad lib feeding during prepuberty lowered mammary secretory tissue weights 23% and DNA 32% compared to restricted feeding. There was no difference in growth of mammary secretory tissue between postpubertal heifers fed restricted or ad lib amounts. Composition of mammary parenchyma was not affected by plane of nutrition in prepubertal and postpubertal heifers. A critical period for total mammary cell number in heifers during which mammary growth is affected adversely by a high plane of nutrition is suggested.Funding Information
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Statens Jordbrugs- og Veterinærvidenskabelige Forskningsråd
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