The intake depression around calving can lead to NEB and promote fat mobilization from adipose tissue (Doepel et al., 2002). Interestingly, in a recent transition cow study in which 24 g/d of an RPN product was fed, Morey et al. (2011) reported a decrease in DMI for RPN-treated cows by 4 kg/d compared with control cows during the final 4 d prepartum. In our study, however, no differences (P > 0.10) in DMI were found between treatments.