簡単な治療で、妊娠中の牛の炎症とその副作用を軽減できるかもしれない(Simple treatment may reduce inflammation and its side effects in expecting cows)

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2025-02-20 ペンシルベニア州立大学(PennState)

ペンシルベニア州立大学の研究チームは、妊娠中の牛における炎症とその副作用を軽減するための簡便な方法を明らかにしました。研究では、非ステロイド性抗炎症薬(NSAIDs)であるアスピリンとメロキシカムを出産前の牛に投与し、その効果を検証しました。初産牛(初めて妊娠した牛)にメロキシカムを投与したところ、他の牛よりも高い乳量が得られました。また、過肥状態の牛にアスピリンを投与すると、疾病発生率が約半分に減少することが確認されました。この研究は、農家が炎症を管理し、牛の健康と生産性を向上させるための実用的な戦略を提供しています。

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ホルスタイン種の乳牛における分娩前の抗炎症療法は、パリティとボディコンディションスコア群によってブロックされる: 代謝ストレス、全身性炎症、成績、健康に及ぼす影響 Prepartum anti-inflammatory therapies in Holstein dairy cows blocked by parity and body condition score group: Effects on metabolic stress, systemic inflammation, performance, and health

E. Jimenez, J. Spring, P. Zarei, M. Martinez, R. Sorto, E. Hovingh, J. Lawhead, J. Lection, A.A. Barragan

Journal of Dairy Science  Available online: 30 August 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2024-24913

簡単な治療で、妊娠中の牛の炎症とその副作用を軽減できるかもしれない(Simple treatment may reduce inflammation and its side effects in expecting cows)

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to assess the effects of prepartum administration of anti-inflammatory therapies on BCS, BHB concentration, haptoglobin (HP) concentration, milk yield, milk components, rumination time, clinical health events, and reproductive performance in Holstein dairy cows. At 14 d before the expected calving date, cows (parous [PAR]; n = 170) and heifers (nulliparous [NUL]; n = 63) were blocked by BCS group (optimal [OPT] = 3–3.5; over-conditioned cows [OVERC; BCS ≥3.75 points]) and parity (NUL; PAR) and randomly allocated to 1 of 3 treatment groups: (1) ASA (n = 78): receive one oral administration of acetylsalicylic acid (4 boluses; 480 grain/bolus); (2) MEL (n = 76): receive one oral administration with meloxicam (1 mg/kg BW), or (3) PLC (n = 77): receive one oral treatment with gelatin capsules filled with water. Body condition score was assessed, and blood samples were collected, weekly starting 1 wk before treatment until 3 wk after calving. Daily milk yields and daily rumination times were collected from on-farm computer records. Dairy Herd Improvement Association monthly test data were collected to assess milk yield, SCC, and milk components. Furthermore, health events, culling rate, and reproductive performance data were collected from on-farm computer records. The data were analyzed using MIXED, GLIMMIX, and LIFETEST procedures of SAS as a randomized complete block design. On average, MEL-NUL cows produced 4.77 ± 0.93 kg/d and 4.81 ± 0.92 kg/d more milk from wk 6 to 21 of lactation compared with ASA-NUL and PLC-NUL cows, respectively. Similarly, a week by treatment by body condition group interaction was present, where OVERC cows treated with MEL produced more milk from wk 10 to 15 of lactation compared with ASA-OVERC and PLC-VERC cows. Parous cows treated with ASA had lower BCS compared with PAR cows treated with MEL or PLC. A lower percentage of OVERC cows treated with ASA became sick in the first 60 DIM compared with MEL-OVERC and PLC-OVERC cows (ASA = 23.88% ± 7.26%, MEL = 46.36% ± 8.57%; PLC = 46.74% ± 8.53%). Parous cows treated with ASA had a higher hazard ratio to become pregnant by 300 DIM compared with PAR MEL cows. Although the study was not sized for finding treatment differences in blocking criteria groups, these results suggest that treatment with prepartum anti-inflammatory therapies may have positive effects on milk yield and postpartum health in specific groups of cows, such as NUL and OVERC cows, although it may not be recommended for other animal categories, such as parous cows and cows with optimal BCS. Larger studies are needed to strengthen the associations observed in this study.

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