Thyroid Hormones Concentrations during the Mid-Dry Period: An Early Indicator of Fatty Liver in Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cows

Table 1

Ingredients of cow’s diets.

	Days related to calving
Composition	−60 to −14 days	−14 to 0 days	0 to +60 days
Ingredient, kg
Alfalfa hay	—	—	3.43
Grass hay	2.82	1.50	—
Wheat straw	1.80	0.60	—
Corn silage 44% DM	—	—	9.50
Corn silage 33% DM	10.0	10.0
Corn silage 33.94% DM	—	—	9.00
Alfalfa haylage 51.79% DM	5.00	2.50	—
Alfalfa haylage 47.40% DM	—	—	5.00
Brewer’s grain 21.00% DM	—	—	5.00
Corn grain	0.71	0.98	2.50
Barley grain	0.50	0.50	1.50
Soybean grits	—	0.30	1.30
Soybean meal 44% N	0.67	1.10	1.13
Wheat flour	0.50	0.50	1.30
Sugar beet pulp	—	—	1.82
DextroFat SC	—	0.10	0.40
Optigen II, 41% N	—	—	0.14
Dextrose monohydrate	—	0.04	0.10
Dicalcium phosphate 18% P	—	—	0.27
Magnesium oxide	—	—	0.05
Sodium bicarbonate	—	—	0.15
Sodium chloride (iodized)	—	—	0.07
Calcium carbonate	0.03	0.04	0.03
Milkinal trocken 3%	0.20	0.08	—
Beta carotene	—	0.004	—
Total	22.23	18.24	42.69