Influence of Dietary Sodium and Potassium Bicarbonate and Total Potassium on Heat-Stressed Lactating Dairy Cows
Open Access
- 31 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Dairy Science Association in Journal of Dairy Science
- Vol. 67 (11), 2546-2553
- https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(84)81611-2
Abstract
Objectives were to study effects of heat stress, 0 or 0.85% sodium bicarbonate, 0 or 1.0% potassium bicarbonate and 1.0 or 1.5% total dietary K on production and physiological responses of dairy cows. Eighteen lactating Holsteins were assigned to shade (control) or no shade (heat stress) lots continuously for 3 consecutive 35-day periods and to different dietary treatments each period. Basal diet was 25% cottonseed hulls and 75% concentrate. Daytime and nighttime feed intake and production were measured the last 2 wk of each period, and milk and blood were sampled the final day of each period. Black globe temperature, rectal temperature, respiration rate and blood pH were higher in no shade. Daytime intake was 132% greater in shade; nighttime intake was not different between environments. Milk production was about 19% greater for evening and morning milkings in shade. Daytime intake, daytime and nighttime milk production were higher with sodium bicarbonate. Potassium bicarbonate reduced intake and production. Higher total dietary K increased total daily milk production. Lactating cows appear adept at withstanding environmental and dietary challenges to acid-base homeostasis. Supplementation of sodium bicarbonate and 1.5% dietary K, but not potassium bicarbonate, were beneficial to lactating dairy cows.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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