Administration of antioxidants at parturition in Italian Mediterranean lactating buffaloes: findings in the postpartum
Lorenza Frattina, Alice Carbonari, Matteo Burgio, Giovanni Bramante, Olga Maria Andriulo, Edmondo Ceci, Ciro Galdieri, Antonietta D’Onghia, Vincenzo Cicirelli, Annalisa Rizzo · 2026
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Ferdinando Frattina and co-authors report a 2026 journal article on vitamin injections around calving in Italian Mediterranean buffaloes, a dairy breed. At calving, cows received intramuscular alpha-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E, plus beta-carotene, or served as untreated controls.
Treated buffaloes had more alpha-tocopherol in their milk at day thirty after calving, along with higher milk fat and fatty acid levels. Their somatic cell count, a marker of udder inflammation, was lower than in controls. Pregnancy rates did not differ between the groups. Still, treated animals conceived sooner, with about sixty-two days from calving to conception against about seventy-three days in the control group.
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| CREATOR | Lorenza Frattina, Alice Carbonari, Matteo Burgio, Giovanni Bramante, Olga Maria Andriulo, Edmondo Ceci, Ciro Galdieri, Antonietta D’Onghia, Vincenzo Cicirelli, Annalisa Rizzo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 35521 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |