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2021
Effects of dietary L-carnitine supplementation on platelets and erythrogram of dairy cows with special emphasis on parturition
Effects of dietary L-carnitine supplementation on platelets and erythrogram of dairy cows with special emphasis on parturition
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During late gestation and early lactation, many proliferative processes and metabolic adaptions are involved in homeorhesis. An adjusted supply of oxygen is a precondition for an optimized cellular energy metabolism whereby erythrocytes play a central role. Endogenous L-carnitine modulates the mitochondrial fatty acid utilization for generating adenosine triphosphate (ATP). As it might be insufficient around calving due to increased need, L-carnitine supplementation is frequently recommended. Thus, the present study addressed the interplay between the red hemogram, platelets, oxidative stress indices, and L-carnitine supplementation of dairy cows around calving. German Holstein cows were assigned to a control (n = 30) and an L-carnitine group (n = 29, 25 g of rumen-protected L-carnitine per cow and per day), and blood samples were taken from day 42 ante partum (ap) until day 110 postpartum (pp), with a higher sampling frequency during the first three days pp. The time courses of the erythrogram parameters reflected the physiological adaptations to the oxygen need without being influenced by L-carnitine supplementation. Erythrocytic antioxidative enzymatic defence paralleled the relative development of polycythemia ap, while non-enzymatic total plasma antioxidative capacity continuously increased pp. In contrast to erythrocytes, the platelet counts of the L-carnitine supplemented cows varied at significantly higher levels. This can be interpreted as a result of a membrane-stabilizing effect of L-carnitine.
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Dairy, 2 (1996), 1, 1-13.
https://doi.org/10.3390/dairy2010001.
ISSN: 2624-862X
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@article{Kononov2021,
url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/16598},
doi = {10.3390/dairy2010001},
author = {Kononov, Susanne Ursula and Meyer, Jennifer and Frahm, Jana et al.},
title = {Effects of Dietary L-Carnitine Supplementation on Platelets and Erythrogram of Dairy Cows with Special Emphasis on Parturition},
journal = {Dairy},
year = {2021},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
}