Short communication: Relationship between body condition score and plasma adipokines in early-lactating Holstein dairy cows

M. Mansouryar; H. Mirzaei-Alamouti; M. Dehghan Banadaky; H. Sauerwein; M. Mielenz; M. O. Nielsen

doi:10.3168/jds.2017-14122

Short communication: Relationship between body condition score and plasma adipokines in early-lactating Holstein dairy cows

M. Mansouryar^*, H. Mirzaei-Alamouti, M. Dehghan Banadaky, H. Sauerwein, M. Mielenz, M. O. Nielsen

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Abstract

We hypothesized that plasma adipokine concentrations of early-lactation dairy cows are related to body condition score (BCS) at calving and to markers of metabolic status of the cow. As part of a larger study with 117 multiparous Holstein dairy cows, which had high BCS (BCS >4.0) or normal BCS (3.25–3.5) at calving, 22 cows were randomly selected (n = 11 per group) to be enrolled in this study. Cows were divided into 2 groups based on their BCS at calving: (1) normal BCS with BCS of 3.35 ± 0.13 (mean ± SD) and (2) high BCS cows with BCS of 4.14 ± 0.17. The 22 selected animals did not have a clinically diagnosed health problem after calving. Blood samples were taken right after calving (d 1) and before morning feeding on d 8, 15, and 21 postpartum concurrently with body condition scoring for all cows. Blood samples were analyzed for plasma adiponectin, leptin, tumor necrosis factor-α and IL-6. The mean BCS remained highest in high-BCS cows during the first 21 d in milk. Leptin concentrations decreased progressively for all cows after calving. However, differences in BCS at calving were not related to leptin concentrations. Adiponectin, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α concentrations were neither influenced by days in milk nor BCS after calving. Leptin and the leptin-to-adiponectin ratio did not show any correlation at any time point during the first 21 d in milk with plasma concentrations of nonesterified fatty acids or β-hydroxybutyrate, which are considered as markers of metabolic status. Only for IL-6 at d 8 did we find a strong correlation with metabolic status indicators. In conclusion, plasma adipokine concentrations during the first 3 wk postpartum were not related to BCS in lactating Holstein cows that were clinically healthy at calving.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Dairy Science
Volume	101
Issue number	9
Pages (from-to)	8552-8558
Number of pages	7
ISSN	0022-0302
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2017-14122
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018

Keywords

adiponectin
dairy cow
interleukin-6
leptin
tumor necrosis factor-α

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