TRIENNIAL REPRODUCTION SYMPOSIUM: Beef heifer development and lifetime productivity in rangeland-based production systems

被引:22
作者
Roberts, A. J. [1 ]
Funston, R. N. [2 ]
Grings, E. E. [3 ,4 ]
Petersen, M. K. [1 ]
机构
[1] ARS, USDA, Ft Keogh Livestock & Range Res Lab, Miles City, MT 59301 USA
[2] Univ Nebraska, West Cent Res & Extens Ctr, North Platte, NE 69101 USA
[3] South Dakota State Univ, Dept Anim Sci, Brookings, SD 57007 USA
[4] US Agcy Int Dev, Bur Food Secur, Washington, DC 20523 USA
关键词
fetal programing; lifetime productivity; nutritional supplementation; MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION; GROWTH; PERFORMANCE; COWS; EPIGENETICS; NUTRITION; WEIGHT; CATTLE; PERIOD; FEED;
D O I
10.2527/jas.2016-0435
中图分类号
S8 [畜牧、 动物医学、狩猎、蚕、蜂];
学科分类号
0905 ;
摘要
Nutritional and environmental factors have been shown to cause epigenetic changes that influence characteristics of the offspring throughout life. In livestock, small differences in nutrition during gestation may alter lifetime production efficiency of offspring. Therefore, the potential for fetal programing should be considered when determining supplemental feeding strategies during gestation. For example, female offspring born to cows grazing dormant winter pasture supplemented with 1.1 kg/d of alfalfa hay during the last third of gestation were 10 kg heavier and had greater BCS at 5 yr of age than those from dams supplemented with 1.8 kg/d of alfalfa hay. These differences were beneficial for maintaining reproductive performance in offspring managed with fewer harvested feed inputs. Evaluation of female offspring from cows wintered on either low-quality or high-quality pasture for 30 to 45 d during the fifth to sixth month of gestation indicated a trend for longer duration of productivity in daughters from cows wintered on improved pasture. In recent studies comparing offspring from cows with or without protein supplementation while grazing dormant winter range during late gestation, heifers from protein-supplemented dams had greater BW at weaning. This BW increase persisted throughout pregnancy and to subsequent calving, and pregnancy rates were greater in heifers from protein-supplemented dams. Heifers from protein-supplemented dams had lower G: F compared with heifers from unsupplemented dams. Therefore, in utero exposure to nutritionally limited environments (nonsupplemented dams) may promote greater feed efficiency in the heifer offspring later in life. Nutrition during postweaning development may also affect lifetime productivity. Heifers developed on low-quality native range with RUP supplementation had greater retention beyond 3 yr of age than cohorts developed in a feedlot with higher quality feed and greater ADG. Collectively, these examples show nutritional management strategies used during gestation and development may influence lifetime productivity.
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页码:2705 / 2715
页数:11
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