BOARD INVITED REVIEW: Limiting Factors for Milk Production in Dairy Cows: Perspectives from Physiology and Nutrition.

Gross, Josef J (2022). BOARD INVITED REVIEW: Limiting Factors for Milk Production in Dairy Cows: Perspectives from Physiology and Nutrition. Journal of animal science, 100(3) Oxford University Press 10.1093/jas/skac044

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Milk production in dairy cows increases worldwide since many decades. With rising milk yields, however, potential limiting factors are increasingly discussed. Particularly the availability of glucose and amino acids is crucial to maintain milk production as well as animal health. Limitations arise from feed sources, the rumen and digestive tract, tissue mobilization, intermediary metabolism and transport, and the uptake of circulating nutrients by the lactating mammary gland. The limiting character can change depending on the stage of lactation. Although physiological boundaries are prevalent throughout the gestation-lactation cycle, limitations are aggravated during the early lactation period when high milk production is accompanied by low feed intake and high mobilization of body reserves. The knowledge about physiological constraints may help to improve animal health and make milk production more sustainably. The scope of this review is to address contemporary factors related to production limits in dairy cows from a physiological perspective. Besides acknowledged physiological constraints, selected environmental and management-related factors affecting animal performance and physiology will be discussed. Potential solutions and strategies to overcome or to alleviate these constraints can only be presented briefly. Instead, they are thought to address existing shortcomings and to identify possibilities for optimization. Despite a scientific-based view on physiological limits, we should keep in mind that only healthy animals could use their genetic capacity and produce high amounts of milk.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Review Article)
Division/Institute:	05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Experimental Clinical Research 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Research and Veterinary Public Health (DCR-VPH) > Veterinary Physiology
UniBE Contributor:	Gross, Josef Johann
ISSN:	1525-3163
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Language:	English
Submitter:	Pubmed Import
Date Deposited:	21 Feb 2022 13:32
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 16:09
Publisher DOI:	10.1093/jas/skac044
PubMed ID:	35157044
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dairy cow limits milk production nutrition physiology
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/165810