›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 1530-1535.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.06.020

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Effect of Different Instruments Playing Light Music on Neurotransmitters Level and Milk Performance of Dairy Cows

ZHA Man-qian1, ZHU Kun1, LIU Jia-jia1, YU Xiong2   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science, Xinjiang Agricultural University, Urumqi 830052, China;
    2. Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Herbivore Nutrition for Meat & Milk Production, Urumqi 830052, China
  • Received:2015-11-25 Online:2016-06-20 Published:2016-07-11

Abstract: The experiment was conducted from March 2015 until August 2015 at Bayan Dai cattle farm,Xinjiang Xin Sheng Yuan company in Yili.To study the influence of light music (cello music,violin music and bass music) on neurotransmitters levels and milk performance of dairy cows,36 health Holstein cows with similar body weight,age,parity and milk yield were randomly divided into two groups,control group and test group,each group with 18 heads.All these cows were managed at the same conditions.The test had three sections,each section lasted for 40 days.Every 20 days the daily yield was determined,and the blood and milk samples were collected.The results showed that all these three instrumental music could promote milk yield and the milk yield of violin music group were significantly higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05).Violin music significantly increased Gly level and reduced NPY level (P < 0.05).Bass music could significantly reduce NPY level (P < 0.05).The results suggested that violin music could be used as the environment music in dairy cows production.

Key words: light music; dairy cow; milk performance; neurotransmitters

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