Calcium and phosphorus supplementation in grazing lactating Zebu cows, in Iringa District, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2002, Vol.5(1) : 71-76The effects of dietary supplementation with dicalcium phosphate containing 10 g calcium and 8 g phosphorus on plasma total calcium inorganic phosphate, body condition score and milk yield were studied for 42 days, during the dry season of 1997 in forty grazing, lactating Zebu cows, in lringa region, Tanzania. The animals were allocated to two groups: one control group (T1) comprising off fifteen cows and a supplementation groUp (T2) comprising of twenty five cows. Dicalcium phosphate supplementation was done twice per week. Blood samples were collected before supplementation and at the engd of experimental period. Total milk yield and body condition of the animals were also recorded. Supplemented cows had higher (P< 0.001) mean plasma calcium and inorganic phosphate (1.30 mmol/Ca and 2. 08 mmol P/l) than the control cows (1.08 mmol/Ca and 1.58 mmol P/l). Supplemented cows, had a better (P<0. 0001) body condition score and produced more milk (3. 10 BCS and 181 kg) than control cows (2.63 BCS and 149 kg) and total 42 days milk yield (149 vs 181 kg). It is concluded that low plasma calcium and inorganic phosphate may be a problem to Zebu cows and that decalcium phosphate can provide a boost to plasma Ca and Pi ,during the dry seaso

Calcium and phosphorus supplementation in grazing lactating Zebu cows, in Iringa District, Tanzania

Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2002, Vol.5(1) : 71-76The effects of dietary supplementation with dicalcium phosphate containing 10 g calcium and 8 g phosphorus on plasma total calcium inorganic phosphate, body condition score and milk yield were studied for 42 days, during the dry season of 1997 in forty grazing, lactating Zebu cows, in lringa region, Tanzania. The animals were allocated to two groups: one control group (T1) comprising off fifteen cows and a supplementation groUp (T2) comprising of twenty five cows. Dicalcium phosphate supplementation was done twice per week. Blood samples were collected before supplementation and at the engd of experimental period. Total milk yield and body condition of the animals were also recorded. Supplemented cows had higher (P< 0.001) mean plasma calcium and inorganic phosphate (1.30 mmol/Ca and 2. 08 mmol P/l) than the control cows (1.08 mmol/Ca and 1.58 mmol P/l). Supplemented cows, had a better (P<0. 0001) body condition score and produced more milk (3. 10 BCS and 181 kg) than control cows (2.63 BCS and 149 kg) and total 42 days milk yield (149 vs 181 kg). It is concluded that low plasma calcium and inorganic phosphate may be a problem to Zebu cows and that decalcium phosphate can provide a boost to plasma Ca and Pi ,during the dry seaso

Custo e resultados do tratamento de seqüelas de laminite bovina: relato de 112 casos em vacas em lactação no sistema free-stall Results and costs of treatment for bovine laminitis sequelae: study of 112 lameness cases in lactating cows in free-stall system

Os resultados e o custo do tratamento de seqüelas podais da laminite subclínica são descritos em 112 casos de manqueira em vacas em lactação mantidas no sistema free-stall. As observações feitas durante um ano abrangeram animais de 2,5 a 10 anos de idade, da primeira à sexta lactação e com média de produção de 8.000±2.000kg de leite. O protocolo de tratamento, descrito detalhadamente para cada uma das afecções podais, foi eficiente na reversão de todas elas. O custo total do tratamento para o rebanho foi de US$5,005.23, equivalente ao custo médio de US$44.68 por animal. O tratamento das úlceras de sola foi o mais dispendioso (US$72.58) e o mais demorado (26,8 dias). As afecções mais comuns foram os abscessos de sola e do talão e as lesões da linha branca (64/112 ou 57,2$5,005.23 and the mean cost/animal was US$44.68. The ulcer treatments were costly (US$72.58) and longer (26.8 days). Sole and heel abscesses and white line disease at the foe (64/112 or 57.2%) were most commonly observed

Microbiota anaeróbia isolada de bovinos com pododermatite Anaerobic bacterial species isolated from bovines with pododermatitis

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo isolar e identificar espécies bacterianas anaeróbias presentes nos pés de bovinos portadores de vários graus de pododermatite. Foram utilizados 60 bovinos, distribuídos em quatro grupos de 15. O grupo I foi constituído por animais saudáveis e serviu de controle; o grupo II, por bovinos na fase inicial do processo; o grupo III, por animais portadores de pododermatite interdigital vegetativa e o grupo IV, por bovinos portadores de pododermatite necrosante. Foram colhidos fragmentos de tecido interdigital para cultura e as principais espécies bacterianas isoladas foram: Dichelobacter nodosus nos grupos II, III e IV e Fusobacterium necrophorum nos grupos III e IV, com freqüências de 26,7%, 6,7%, 20,0%, 6,7% e de 13,3%, respectivamente. Encontraram-se também Fusobacterium symbiosum em 40,0% no gb>rupo I, 6,7% no grupo II, 13,3% no grupo III e 13,3% no grupo IV, Bacteroides sp. em 6,7% nos grupos I e IV, Bacteroides ruminatus em 33,3% no grupo I, 6,7% no grupo II, 33,3% no grupo III e 13,3% no grupo IV, Bacteroides oralis em 6,7% no grupo III e Fusobacterium mortiferum em 6,7% no grupo IV.<br>The objective of this study was to isolate and identify the anaerobic bacteria species in bovine with different degrees of pododermatitis. Sixty bovines were divided into four groups of 15 as follows: group I included healthy animals, used as control; group II with animals in the initial phase of the process; group III, with animals displaying interdigital skin hyperplasia and group IV with animals with footrot. Interdigital tissue fragments were collected and processed for isolation and identification of anaerobic agents. The bacteria species isolated were: Dichelobacter nodosus in groups II, III and IV and Fusobacterium necrophorum only in groups III and IV, with frequencies of 26.7%, 6.7%, and 20.0% for the former and 6.7% and 13.3% for the latter, respectively. In addition, Fusobacterium symbiosum was present in 40.0% of group I, 6.7% of group II, 13.3% of group III and 13.3% of group IV; Bacteroides sp. in 6.7% of groups I and IV; Bacteroides ruminatus in 33.3% of group I, 6.7% of group II, 33.3% of group III and 13.3% of group IV; Bacteroides oralis in 6.7% of group III, and Fusobacterium mortiferum in 6.7% of group IV