Prepartum nutrient intake alters palmitate metabolism by liver slices from peripartal dairy cows

We determined the effects of day relative to parturition and prepartum plane of nutrition on hepatic partitioning of palmitate metabolism to CO2, acid-soluble products (ASP), and esterified products (EP). Multiparous Holsteins (n = 74) were fed different amounts of nutrients during the dry period in a 3 (far-off period diet) × 2 (close-up period diet) factorial arrangement. During the far-off period (d −60 to −25) cows received a low-energy...