Investigation of The Interaction Between Milk Urea Nitrogen (MUN) and Some Parameters in Determining The Level of Nutrition in Dairy Cows
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the relationship between the amount of Milk Urea Nitrogen (MUN) and nutritional level in dairy cows. The research material was milk samples which were collected from 100 different commercial dairy farms. Three groups were assigned according to the milk analysis in the experiment. Group A, those having normal MUN values between 12-16 mg / dl in milk samples, group B, those having less MUN value and group C, those having high MUN value. Apart from this acetone, Beta hydroxy butyric acid (BHBA), total solid matter, fat, fat-free dry matter, crude protein (CP),true protein (TP), lactose, saturated fatty acids (SFA), total unsaturated fatty acids (TUFA), Polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) and aflatoxin M1 values measured in milk and these were compared with low, normal and high MUN levels. In the study the MUN values of the groups were 14.46, 10.05 and 20.15 mg / dl respectively. At the end of the study, although the differences between the groups' acetone values were statistically significant (P <0.05), the values of all three groups were among the normal acetone values determined for dairy cows. Moreover, there were differences in milk regarding BHBA, fat, CP,TP, SFA, MUFA and AFM1 values (P<0.01) between the groups. As a concluded that some further detailed studies are required to get to know a deeper understanding of MUN levels in milk cows between acetone, BHBA and other parameters and metabolic diseases.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Veterinary Sciences
Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Mehmet Taytak
This is me
0000-0002-5090-7474
Türkiye
İsmail Bayram
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0000-0002-9993-7092
Türkiye
Publication Date
September 30, 2019
Submission Date
February 1, 2019
Acceptance Date
August 7, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 12 Number: 3
