Bloat in Cattle. IX. Effect of Poloxalene, Used to Prevent Legume Boat, on Milk Production, Feed Intake, Health, Reproduction, and Rumen Fermentation

Helmer, L.G.; Bartley, E.E.; Meyer, Rikke Louise

doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(65)88287-x

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“…Also, there was no significant effect upon in take of soilage by dairy steers or of alfalfa pellets or grain by Holstein calves. This concurs with the results of Helmer et al (1965) who found that poloxalene had no effect upon milk production, feed intake or general health of dairy cows. Likewise, Leaf et^ £l.…”

Section: Effect Of Poloxalene On Growth Of Lambs and Dairy Calvessupporting

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Etiology and prevention of legume bloat

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Section: Effect Of Poloxalene On Growth Of Lambs and Dairy Calvessupporting

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“…The effect of poloxalene on animal health and performance was deter mined in trials conducted by Helmer et al (1965). Levels of poloxalene feeding ranging from 10 to 40 g per cow daily gave no indication of dele terious effects on milk production, milk fat test, body weight, feed intake, reproduction or animal health.…”

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Etiology and prevention of legume bloat

Lippke

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“…More recently, work in the United States (Bartley, Lippke, Pfost. Nijweide, Jacobson, and Meyer 1965;Helmer, Bartley, and Meyer 1965) has indicated that bloat can be controlled by the use of "Poloxalene", a polyoxypropylene polyoxyethylene block polymer, at levels very similar to that applying in the trials described here. The results obtained with this material, one of the "Pluronic" group, are comparable to those described here.…”

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The use of “pluronics” administered in the drinking water as a means of bloat control in cattle

Phillips¹

1968

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

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Because of their anti-foaming properties the non-ionic surface active agents "Pluronic L61", "Pluronic L62", and "Pluronic L64" (polyoxypropylene-polyoxyethylene block polymers) have been under study for some years as a means of preventing bloat in cattle. Field experience as early as 1955 indicated that "Pluronic L62" was highly effective as a drench when mixed with wate'r, and, provided cows were given time to become accustomed to the taste, appeared to be effective when administered via the drinking water trough at the rate of approximately 0.1 oz per cow twice a day. Field application of the more readily dispersed and milder tasting "Pluronic L64" in the water troughs at the same rate of application eliminated losses from bloat in the No 1 Dairy herd of 80 to 90 cows at Ruakura over a period of seven years. The material was used throughout the period when bloat could occur. More recently, the use of an untreated herd as controls on the No. 1 Dairy Farm which was grazed by the treated herd has demonstrated that the pastures on this farm can be highly bloating to untreated stock. Controlled experiments over a period of nine days using 25 cows from the treated herd and 25 untreated controls on adjacent strips of red clover have shown that "Pluronic L64" administered in the drinking water can be highly effective as a means of preventing bloat. Bloat was closely related to the intake of "Pluronic" during the preceding 12 h. A level of 0.2 oz per cow in 12 h was necessary, on average, to eliminate serious bloat. The manual addition of the material to the water troughs at 0.10 oz per cow, morning and evening, had the merit that the average intake per cow was constant over any period, since periods of low water intake resulted in increased concentration of the material in the water. This would tend to offset the effects of periods of low water intake resulting from changes in the weather conditions.

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“…Previously, Helmer et al [15] and Bezeau et al [16] found that the NIS poloxalene had no effect on milk yield. Kim et al [20] demonstrated that average milk production of dairy cows in the first six weeks postpartum was not affected by the dietary supplementation of NIS (mainly sorbitan trioleate) compared with the control group.…”

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“…Dietary APG supplementation affected the amino acid composition of the rumen content in goats [14]. To our knowledge, there is no information on the use of APG as additive supplement to dairy cow diets, even though data showed that poloxalene, a NIS, had no effect on the yield or composition of milk [15,16]. It is hypothesized that the APG supplementation could increase the nutrient digestibility, and then affect lactating performance of middle- and low-yielding dairy cows.…”

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Effects of Dietary Alkyl Polyglycoside Supplementation on Lactation Performance, Blood Parameters and Nutrient Digestibility in Dairy Cows

Zhang

Jiang

Gao

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This study evaluated the effects of alkyl polyglycoside (APG), which is a non-ionic surfactant, on lactation performance, nutrient digestibility and blood metabolites in dairy cows. Twenty dairy cows were randomly divided into four groups and fed a basal diet that included pelleted concentrate, distillers grains, and fresh limpograss. The four treatments included 0, 5.5, 11 and 22 mL APG per kg of pelleted concentrate on a dry matter basis; treatments were defined as APG0, APG5.5, APG11, and APG22, respectively. Dry matter intake was not affected by APG supplementation. There was an increase in milk yield (from 13.96 to 16.71 kg/day) and increases in milk fat (quadratic, p = 0.04), protein (quadratic, p = 0.10), and lactose concentrations (linear, p = 0.07) with increasing APG supplementation. In addition, APG supplementation increased (p ≤ 0.03) the milk fat, protein, solid non-fat, and total solid yields, while the lactose yield increased (linear, p = 0.01) as the APG level increased. Dietary APG supplementation had no effect on nutrient digestibility and blood metabolites. It was concluded that the addition of APG at doses up to 22 mL/kg of pelleted concentrate had positive effects on the milk composition in dairy cows.

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Bloat in Cattle. IX. Effect of Poloxalene, Used to Prevent Legume Boat, on Milk Production, Feed Intake, Health, Reproduction, and Rumen Fermentation

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Etiology and prevention of legume bloat

Etiology and prevention of legume bloat

The use of “pluronics” administered in the drinking water as a means of bloat control in cattle

Effects of Dietary Alkyl Polyglycoside Supplementation on Lactation Performance, Blood Parameters and Nutrient Digestibility in Dairy Cows

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