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A mathematical modelling approach to the insight of dynamic networks: Potassium homeostasis and glucose-insulin in dairy cows

  • Lactating dairy cows require a particular composition of nutritional ingredients depending on their production status. The optimal supply of energy and minerals in diet, one of them potassium, is indispensable for the prevention of disbalances like hypokalemia or hypoglycaemia. Potassium balance in cows is the result of potassium intake, distribution in the organism, and excretion, and closely interacts with glucose and electrolyte metabolism, in which postpartum veterinary treatments frequently intervene. We present a mechanistic, dynamic model for potassium balance together with a glucose insulin model in non-lactating and lactating dairy cows based on ordinary differential equations. Parameter values were obtained from data of a clinical trial as well as from literature. To verify the mechanistic functioning of the model, we validate the model by comparing simulation outcomes with clinical study findings. Furthermore we perform numerical experiments and compare them with expected behaviour according to mechanistic knowledge. The results give insight into the dynamic behaviour of the network and open the way for further open questions and hypothesis to be tested.
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Author:Julia Plöntzke, Mascha Berg, Susanna RöblitzORCiD
Document Type:Proceedings
Parent Title (English):ADSA 2018 Annual Meeting
Volume:101 Suppl. 2
First Page:226
Last Page:227
Publisher:American Dairy Science Association
Year of first publication:2018
Page Number:2
URL:https://www.adsa.org/Portals/0/SiteContent/Docs/Meetings/PastMeetings/Annual/2018/223.pdf
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