[Subacute butyric acid exposure in cattle. 6. Effects of a butyric acid or a sodium butyrate exposure up to 2.0 g. per kg. body weight per day].

Two cows each received intraruminal applications of 1.0 g/kg B.W. of butyric acid or sodium butyrate, for three weeks running, before daily applications were increased up to 2.0 kg/B.W., within one week. Resulting alterations primarily included increase in acidosis or alkalosis, whereas the typical symptoms of ketosis were lacking. Signs of impaired liver function were to some extent recordable in response to sodium butyrate.