The effects of dietary tallow and cottonseed oil on milk fat secretion in the cow

1968 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Steele ◽  
J. H. Moore

SummaryThe effects of the isocaloric replacement of part of the dietary concentrate mixture by either tallow or cottonseed oil on the yield and composition of the milk fat was investigated in 2 feeding experiments with a total of 26 cows in midlactation. The concentrates were given with high- or low-roughage diets that supplied either 9·1–9·5 or 1·8–3·2kg hay/day.In expt 1, the addition of cottonseed oil to the high-roughage diet increased the yield of milk fat during the first 8 days but decreased it during the last 4 days of a 28-day feeding period. In contrast, the inclusion of tallow in the high-roughage diet resulted in an increased yield of milk fat that was sustained throughout the period of 28 days. In expt 2, the intake of dietary fat was less than it was in expt 1 and the inclusion of tallow or cottonseed oil in either the high- or low-roughage diets had little effect on the yield of milk fat.The inclusion of either fat in the diet increased the yields and percentages of stearic and oleic acids and, in general, decreased the yields and percentages of the medium-chain fatty acids (10:0, 12:0 and 14:0) in the milk fat. The addition of tallow to the diet did not appear to alter the yields of the short-chain fatty acids (C4–C8, 4:0, 6:0 and 8:0) in the milk fat. When the low-roughage diets resulted in a decreased yield of milk fat, the secretion of all the fatty acids in the milk fat was reduced, but the reduction in the secretion of oleic acid was less than the reductions in the secretions of the other constituent fatty acids.

1968 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Steele ◽  
J. H. Moore

SummaryThe effects of the isocaloric replacement of part of the dietary concentrate mixture by cottonseed oil on the yield and composition of the milk fat and on the pattern of rumen fermentation was investigated in 2 feeding experiments with a total of 8 cows in mid-lactation. The concentrate mixtures were given with high- or low-roughage diets that supplied 9·1 or 1·8 kg of hay/day.In expt 1 the yield of milk fat was not altered by the addition of 10% cottonseed oil to the concentrate mixtures given either with the high- or with the low-levels of dietary roughage. On the low-roughage treatment, dietary cottonseed oil increased milk yield but reduced the fat content of the milk. The change from the high- to the low-roughage diets containing no cottonseed oil resulted in reductions in the yield and percentage of fat in the milk. In expt 2 the yields of milk and milk fat were similar irrespective of whether the concentrate mixture contained 5 or 10% cottonseed oil.In expt 1 the inclusion of 10% cottonseed oil in the concentrate mixture reduced the yields and percentages of the medium-chain fatty acids (12:0, 14:0 and 16:0) and increased the yields and percentages of the C18 fatty acids in the milk fat. In expt 2, when the concentrate mixture contained 5% cottonseed oil, the yields and percentages of all the fatty acids in the milk fat were similar to the values obtained when the concentrates contained 10% cottonseed oil. For any given concentrate mixture, the change from the high- to the low-roughage treatments in both expts 1 and 2 resulted in increases in the percentage of oleic acid in the milk fat. The highest concentration of trans-octadecenoic acid was observed in the milk fat of the cows when they were given the high-roughage diet with the concentrate mixture containing 10% cottonseed oil.In expt 2 the level of cottonseed oil in the concentrate mixture did not influence the pattern of rumen fermentation as measured by the concentrations of the various volatile fatty acids in the rumen liquor. However, the change from the high- to the low-roughage diets reduced the proportion of acetic and increased the proportions of propionic and n-valeric acids in the total volatile fatty acids in the rumen liquor.


2015 ◽  
Vol 176 (1) ◽  
pp. 231-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin E. J. Spelbrink ◽  
Hellen Lensing ◽  
Maarten R. Egmond ◽  
Marco L. F. Giuseppin

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 1799-1805 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Boudreau ◽  
J. M. deMan

Hydrolysis of tricaprylin by pancreatic lipase resulted in a stepwise hydrolysis, triglyceride to diglyceride to monoglyceride, as has been obtained with long-chain triglycerides. However, hydrolysis rates were much faster and considerable amounts of free glycerol were formed. Hydrolysis of an equimolar mixture of tricaprylin and triolein indicated that some of the short-chain fatty acid was released from the 2-position before all of the oleic acid was released from the 1-position. Hydrolysis of genuine and randomized milk fat resulted in preferential hydrolysis of glycerides containing short-chain fatty acids. This phenomenon was not dependent on a specific distribution of these acids, since it also occurred with the randomized fat. It was concluded that part of the short-chain fatty acids of milk fat is located in the 2-position. The distribution of caprylic and capric acids between the 1- and 2-positions is approximately at random. Lauric, myristic, and palmitic acids are predominantly located in the 2-position, and stearic and oleic acids in the 1-position, of milk fat glycerides.


1971 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Steele ◽  
R. C. Noble ◽  
J. H. Moore

SummaryThe effects of the isocaloric replacement of starch in a low-fat concentrate mixture by 8% soybean oil on the yield and composition of milk fat were investigated in a feeding experiment with 6 cows in mid lactation. Two high-fat concentrate mixtures were given to the cows. In one the requisite amount of soybean oil was given by including 50% coarsely ground soybeans in the concentrate mixture. In the other an equal amount of soybean oil was added directly to the concentrate mixture. The concentrate mixtures were given with a high-roughage diet that supplied 5·5kg hay and 2·7kg of sugar-beet pulp/day.When the 2 high-fat rations were given to the cows there were reductions in the percentages and yields of 10:0, 12:0, 14:0, 14:1, 16:0 and 16:1 fatty acids and increases in the concentrations and yields of 18:0, 18:1 and 18:2 fatty acids in the milk fat. The direct addition of the soybean oil to the diet also reduced the percentage and yield of 6:0 and 8:0 whilst the inclusion of the soybeans increased the percentage of 4:0 and the yields of 4: 0 and 6:0 in the milk fat.When both high-fat rations were given to the cows there were increases in the yields and concentrations of as-9–18:1 in the milk fat, whilst inclusion of the soybean oil in the diet increased also the concentration and yield of trans-11–18:1.The implications of these findings are discussed.


1969 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Mattsson ◽  
P. Swartling ◽  
R. Nilsson

SummarySummer and winter milk-fat samples from 14 dairies in Sweden were fractionated by crystallization from acetone solution (1:8) at 15 °C. The composition of the major fatty acids of the parent milk fat and of the acetone insoluble fraction were examined by GLC, and the gross triglyceride pattern by TLC on plates of silicic acid treated with silver nitrate.The fatty acid composition of the milk fat was similar to that of milk fat from other countries and varied according to season and also, to a smaller extent, from region to region. Four fractions, representing 33–45, 41–34, 18–14 and 7–6 % of the fat and which contained progressively smaller proportions of saturated acids, were obtained by TLC.The acetone insoluble glyceride (AIG) fraction was characterized by a smaller content of short-chain fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids, and a larger content of saturated long-chain fatty acids, than the parent milk fat. AIGs from summer milk fat contained a larger proportion of C18 acids and a smaller proportion of C6–C16 acids than AIGs from winter milk fat.Four fractions representing 62–70, 15–8, 16–15 and 7 % of the AIG fraction were obtained by TLC. The distribution of the triglycerides in the AIG fraction differed from that in the parent milk fat, mostly in the relative amounts of glycerides in the 2 most saturated TLC fractions. The seasonal variation was largely confined to these 2 fractions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-89
Author(s):  
Andreea Anghel ◽  
Daniela Jitariu ◽  
Dorina Nadolu ◽  
Zoia Zamfir ◽  
Elena Ilişiu

Abstract The benefits of human consumption of goat's milk are given by the presence in this milk of short-chain fatty acids (approximately 20% are short-chain fatty acids) and medium-chain fatty acids (55%), this milk being easier to digest. An important qualitative indicator of goat's milk with technological, nutritional and dietary impact is the fat content. Our data show that the percentage of milk fat increases immediately after parturition, then decreases for most of the lactation. This is due to two factors: a diluting effect, by increasing the volume of milk to the maximum level of lactation and a decreasing effect of lipid mobilization, which leads to a decrease in the plasma level of unesterified fatty acids (especially C18:0 and C18:1), with a role in lipid synthesis in the mammary gland. From the third month of lactation, the average daily amount of milking milk undergoes only slight variations. Also, the fat and protein percentage remain relatively constant during June-August. In summer there was an increase in the levels of monounsaturated, polyunsaturated fatty acids and of conjugated linoleic acids in milk, compared to spring. Our results indicate that multiparous Carpathian breed females, whose food comes mostly from grazing, produce milk during the summer with a ratio between omega-6 and omega-3 below 4.


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