Supplementation with fat-coated rumen-protected glucose during the transition period enhances milk production and influences blood biochemical parameters of liver function and inflammation in dairy cows

Supplementation of rumen-protected glucose (RPG) may be a useful dietary strategy to improve energy balance in transition dairy cows. The present study was performed to investigate whether supplementation with RPG could improve milk production and reduce inflammation or infection during the transition period in cows. Twelve Holstein cows (age, 4–5 yrs; bodyweight, 515 ± 42 kg; milk yield, 16.1 ± 3.7 kg/d)in late gestation were allotted to one of...