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Cortisol Levels and Milk Yield as Affected Injection of Vitamin E, hCG, and their Combination in Pregnant and non-pregnant Milking Cows Under the Cold Weather (Winter)

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Animal Production

Abstract

To investigate the impact of VitE, human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and VitE+hCG on milk yield and blood cortisol concentrations in pregnancy and non-pregnancy under cold months. Thirty-four Holstein healthy milking cows were assigned randomly into four groups (control, VitE alone, hCG alone, and VitE+hCG). These groups were injected IM with 1.0 ml propylene glycol/animal, 1.39 ml α-tocopherol/animal three times before mating for ten days, 2000 IU hCG/animal once post-mating for one week, and 1.39 ml+ 2000 IU/animal as the same doses and dates as in VitE and hCG groups, respectively. Results revealed that treatments did not influence cortisol concentrations during mating in pregnancy and non-pregnancy. The combination group affected significantly the cortisol than other treatments in pregnant and (P> 0.05) in non-pregnant cows. The total cortisol concentrations decreased (P< 0.05) in the combination of pregnant and non-pregnant cows. Temperature-Humidity index (THI) was ≥ 46. Milk yield increased significantly in VitE and combination groups during mating and pregnancy phases (not non-pregnancy). The total milk yield was significantly greater in VitE and VitE+HCG of pregnant cows in non-pregnant cows. Conclusively, the cold weather didn't affect cortisol concentrations in mating, pregnancy, and non-pregnancy, and the combination group resulted in low cortisol in pregnancy, probably due to the THI comfortable index ≥ 46 or VitE as a potential antioxidant, leading to high milk yield and low cortisol in pregnancy and non-pregnancy. In conclusion, the treatments by VitE and combination (VitE+hCG) enhanced the milk yield and reduced the cortisol level under the cold weather.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2024.291444.1362

Keywords

human chorionic gonadotropin, Milk, Cortisol, cows, temperature-humidity index

Authors

First Name

Anas

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

anas.salim@agr.au.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Alumonium Company Farm, Nagie Hammad, Quina, Egypt

Email

-

City

Quina

Orcid

-

First Name

Sohair

Last Name

Ragab

MiddleName

M.M.

Affiliation

Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Egypt

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-

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Asmaa

Last Name

Nasr

MiddleName

A.E.

Affiliation

Poultry diseases Department, Institute of Veterinary and Animal Health, Assiut, Egypt

Email

-

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

B.

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

Email

gamalbadry@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Soliman

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Egypt

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-

City

Assiut

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Volume

55

Article Issue

3

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48987

Issue Date

2024-07-01

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2024-05-22

Publish Date

2024-07-20

Page Start

43

Page End

58

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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368,375

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62

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Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Cortisol Levels and Milk Yield as Affected Injection of Vitamin E, hCG, and their Combination in Pregnant and non-pregnant Milking Cows Under the Cold Weather (Winter)

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23 Dec 2024