Effect of including herbal choline in the diet of a dairy herd; a multiyear evaluation

Abstract

A linear mixed model and chi-squared tests were used to estimate the effects of the dietary inclusion of herbal choline at 0.071 % of the diet in the entire dairy herd (target dose of 17 g/d in lactating cows) using data from six years in a commercial farm. The feed plant additive (BioCholine) was included in the premix spanning three years (2016-2018) feeding 442 cows average per year and information was compared with the three previous years (2013 – 2015; 424 cows average per year). Energy corrected milk in the period 2016-2018 was increased by 1.57% (p<0.001) compared to years 2013-2016 (36.36 vs. 35.80 kg/d). Fertility in cows during first lactation was improved (P<0.01) with the feed plant additive (45.33 vs. 37.0%). The period feeding herbal choline (2016-2018) showed a reduction (p<0.0001) in abortions (15.65 to 7.29%) and clinical (p<0.005; 12.59 to 6.95%) and subclinical mastitis (p<0.05; 8.65 to 5.22%) and in respiratory disorders (p<0.10; 12.42 to 8.56%) whereas hypocalcaemia incidence was increased (p<0.01) from 1.73 to 6.22%. Total herd replacement was reduced during the years 2016-2018 by 5.73% (p<0.05) without effects in mortality. Inclusion of the plant feed additives containing conjugates of choline improved milk yield, fertility in first lactation cows and important health indicators which help to reduced herd replacement.

A Polyherbal Mixture with Nutraceutical Properties for Ruminants: A Meta-Analysis and Review of BioCholine Powder

“…However, a comparison of soy lecithin and RPC that lacked a strict control group [27] showed the potential of using cholinecontributing compounds. The experiments carried out with BioCholine polyherbal mixture showed that Ptdcho resists ruminal degradation, which was confirmed with blood levels of Ptdcho in lambs and by better productive parameters [28,29], methylation [20], and other evidence described in this document.…”

“…The Defa 14 gene is an antimicrobial peptide found in the skin, intestinal mucosal, and respiratory tract and has been related to antimicrobial and antiviral properties [ 73 ]. Ontological analysis and specific genes make it possible to explain the improvements in health and immune response observed in the experiments in which these indicators were evaluated [ 29 , 41 , 47 ].…”

“…There was also a multiannual study in cows (crossbreeding rotational program using Holstein × Montbeliarde × Swedish Red) with an average production of 36 kg/d, where data from 424 control and 442 supplemented cows were analyzed every year for three years in which BioCholine with 0.071% of dry matter of the diet in the entire dairy herd (target dose of 17 g/d for lactating cows) was compared with data from three years without supplement, conducted at a commercial farm, comparing milk production, health status, and replacement data [ 29 ]. The supplementation with BioCholine improved fat-corrected milk production by 1.5% ( p < 0.001) compared to the average value obtained in the previous years (36.36 vs. 35.80 kg/d) without the polyherbal.…”

Effect of Adding Choline Chloride to the Diet in Milk Production of Holstein Cows

“…/cow versus 14.93 kg/cow/day in the choline treatment. Choline supplementation increases volatile fatty acid (VFA) production and rumen pH tends to increase the rumen coefficient of digestibility of nutrients [6], and increased focus and prevention of metabolic disorders such as ketosis and fatty liver syndrome, and increased feed digestion and absorption efficiency led to an increase in the availability of nutrients for the body, which was reflected in the improvement of milk production [6], as researchers found that choline supplementation increases utilization of the forage material in milk cows [7], while some researchers also found that choline supplementation did not affect the forage material, but when added to the feed after calving tended to increase the feed material without knowing the mechanism by which choline might affect the feed material [8]. Table 1.…”

A polyherbal phytogenic additive improved growth performance, health, and immune response in dairy calves

“…In any case, herbal formulas are neutraceutical mixes that can reduce infections and diseases such as pneumonia. Another study reported a decrease in other diseases that most commonly occur during calving and calf growth (Gutiérrez et al, 2019). It may be that the herbal formulas act in multiple ways through nonspecific mechanisms of the phytogenic on immunomodulation, antioxidants, anti-inflammatories, antimicrobial compounds, intestinal microbiota modulation, and others that are being detected in gene expression modulation (Frankič et al, 2009;Upadhaya & Kim, 2017;Wang et al, 2014).…”