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Effects of Maternal Protein Supplementation at Mid-Gestation of Cows on Intake, Digestibility, and Feeding Behavior of the Offspring

2022; Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute; Volume: 12; Issue: 20 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3390/ani12202865

2076-2615

Karolina Batista Nascimento, Matheus Castilho Galvão, Javier Andrés Moreno Meneses, Gabriel Miranda Moreira, Germán Darío Ramírez-Zamudio, Stefânia P. de Souza, Ligia D. Prezotto, Luthesco Haddad Lima Chalfun, Márcio de Souza Duarte, Daniel Rume Casagrande, Mateus Pies Gionbelli,

Gestational Diabetes Research and Management

This study aimed to assess the effects of maternal protein supplementation and offspring sex (OS) on the intake parameters of the offspring. Forty-three Tabapuã cows were randomly allocated in the following treatments: protein supplementation (PS) during days 100-200 of gestation (RES, 5.5% total crude protein (CP), n = 2, or CON, 10% total CP, n = 19) and OS (females, n = 20; males, n = 23). The offspring were evaluated during the cow-calf (0-210 days), backgrounding (255-320 days), growing 1 (321-381 days), and growing 2 (382-445 days) phases. The CON offspring tended to present higher dry matter intake (DMI) at weaning (p = 0.06). The CON males presented lower digestibility of major diet components in the growing 2 phase (p ≤ 0.02). The CON offspring spent 52% more time per day eating supplements at 100 days and 17% less time in idleness at 210 days. The CON males spent 15 min more per day ruminating than RES males in the feedlot phase (p = 0.01). We concluded that protein supplementation over gestation alters the offspring feed intake pattern as a whole, while protein restriction promotes compensatory responses on nutrient digestibility in males.