DIETA ANIÔNICA NO PRÉ PARTO E OS REFLEXOS POSITIVOS NA PREVENÇÃO DAS DOENÇAS DO PÓS-PARTO

Abstract

Brazil is currently one of the three largest milk producers in the world, and as the demand is great, it is necessary for us to have high production animals, but for this it is important that we take care of each phase of the animal's production cycle. And the pre-partum stage of dairy cows is within the transition period and is one of the most important, where care with management and nutrition must be given greater attention, because of the metabolic and endocrine changes that occur during this period. Among the metabolic disorders that may occur, we can mention hypocalcemia as one of the most important diseases that can cause several other diseases, such as ketosis, placental

retention, abomasum displacement, mastitis, metritis and uterine prolapse. At this stage of the pre- partum, it is recommended to use the anionic diet, it causes a mild metabolic acidosis and with that

decreases the animal's blood pH, consequently the urinary pH. The objective of this work is to demonstrate the use of anionic diet as a tool to prevent pre-partum disorders, reducing economic impacts and improving the productive and reproductive efficiency of farms. Thus, an experiment was carried out in 3 farms in the region of Machado MG where the urinary pH of pre-calving cows was analyzed. In the three properties, none of the animals presented metabolic disturbance during the period evaluated and most of the animals presented pH within the waiting period, proving the efficiency of the anionic diet.