scholarly journals The effect of ruminal fluid pH on milk fatty acids composition in cattle

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jolanta Komisarek ◽  
Barbara Stefańska ◽  
Włodzimierz Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Milk Fatty Acids ◽  
Ruminal Fluid ◽  
Ruminal Ph ◽  
Rumen Ph ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Fat Composition

Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of ruminal fluid pH on the fatty acids (FA) profile of bovine milk. The experiment was performed on 250 Polish Holstein-Friesian cows reared in 11 commercial high-yielding dairy farms. Ruminal fluid samples were collected by rumenocentesis, and fat and FA concentrations in milk were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. According to ruminal fluid pH, cows were categorized into three pH groups: high pH (pH > 5.8), moderate pH (pH 5.8–5.6), and low pH (pH < 5.6). Milk produced by low-rumen pH cows had a decreased fat content as compared to milk from moderate- and high-rumen pH cows (P ≤ 0.05). Moreover, milk from low-rumen pH cows was characterized by the lowest level of short-chain FA (SCFA; P ≤ 0.05), and consequently, the highest medium-chain FA to SCFA ratio (P ≤ 0.01). The regression analysis showed that these traits explained a small proportion of rumen pH variance, which makes them unreliable indicators of subacute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in dairy cows. However, despite the extensive variability in milk fat composition observed in this study, the effect of ruminal pH on SCFA in all the analyzed herds showed the same trend. Future research aimed to identify SARA biomarkers should therefore be conducted using techniques that allow detection of more individual FA in milk, including SCFA.

scholarly journals The effect of feeding diets markedly differing in the proportion of grass and maize silages on bovine milk fat composition

2009 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Samková ◽  
M. Pešek ◽  
J. Špička ◽  
T. Pelikánová ◽  
O. Hanuš
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Atherogenic Index ◽  
Maize Silage ◽  
Grass Silage ◽  
Lactation Stage ◽  
Fat Composition ◽  
The Individual

Ten Czech Pied cows in the mid-lactation stage were fed diets based on grass silage and maize silage. The composition of milk fats differed. The proportions of even-chain saturated fatty acids (SFAs) up to C<sub>14:0</sub> were insignificant and the content of C<sub>16:0</sub> was significantly higher (<i>P</i> < 0.05) when feeding a diet based on maize silage, while the proportions of the individual polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) were significantly (except for C<sub>18:2</sub>) higher when feeding a diet based on grass silage. The total SFA proportions were 67.60 and 62.93% (<i>P</i> < 0.05) of maize and grass silages, respectively, while an opposite relation was observed for the sum of PUFAs (3.56 and 4.74%; <i>P</i> < 0.001). Feeding of grass silage resulted in a significantly lower proportion of hypercholesterolaemic fatty acids C<sub>12:0</sub>, C<sub>14:0</sub> and C<sub>16:0</sub> (49.38 and 44.98%, respectively; <i>P</i> < 0.05) and in lower values of the atherogenic index (3.03 and 2.44; <i>P</i> < 0.05). Thus, the results could be used for the improvement of milk fat composition.

The effect of dietary linola oil on CLA and other fatty acids in bovine milk

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-324
Author(s):  
L. Doepel ◽  
G. P. Toronchuk ◽  
J. R. E. Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Linoleic Acid ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Dry Matter ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Pork Lard ◽  
Milk Component ◽  
Fat Composition ◽  
Pork Fat ◽  
Dietary Treatments

To evaluate the effects of fat source on milk fat composition and milk conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) concentration, cows were fed diets that were high in either C18:2 or C18:0. Twenty-two Holstein cows were blocked by parity and milk production and randomly assigned within block to one of two dietary treatments containing either 3% pork fat (LARD) or 3% linola oil (OIL) on a dry matter (DM) basis. The diets were fed for 21 d. Feed intake and milk and milk component yields were unaffected by treatment, whereas milk fat percent was decreased with the linola oil treatment. The cis-9, trans-11 CLA concentration of milk from cows fed linola oil was significantly higher than from cows fed pork lard. Key words: CLA, fatty acids, linola oil, milk

scholarly journals Genome-wide scan for bovine milk-fat composition. I. Quantitative trait loci for short- and medium-chain fatty acids

2009 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 4664-4675 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.M. Stoop ◽  
A. Schennink ◽  
M.H.P.W. Visker ◽  
E. Mullaart ◽  
J.A.M. van Arendonk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Quantitative Trait Loci ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Medium Chain ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Fat Composition ◽  
Composition I ◽  
Genome Wide Scan

Effects of FABP4 variation on milk fatty-acid composition for dairy cattle grazed on pasture in late lactation

2020 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Yunhai Li ◽  
Huitong Zhou ◽  
Long Cheng ◽  
Miriam Hodge ◽  
Jenny Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Fatty Acid Binding Protein ◽  
Milk Fatty Acid ◽  
Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid Binding ◽  
Holstein Friesian ◽  
Fat Composition ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

AbstractThis research communication describes associations between variation in the fatty acid binding protein 4 gene (FABP4) and milk fat composition in New Zealand Holstein-Friesian × Jersey cross dairy cows. After correcting for the effect of the amino acid substitution p.K232A in diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1), which is associated with variation in many milk fatty acid (FA) component levels, the effect of FABP4 c.328A/G on milk FA levels was typically small. For the five genotypes analysed, the AB cows produced more medium-chain fatty acids than CC cows (P < 0.05), and more C14:0 FA than AA and AC cows (P < 0.05). The AA and AC cows produced less C22:0 FA (P < 0.01) than the BC cows, and the AC cows produced more C24:0 FA (P < 0.05) than was produced by the BC cows. Cows of genotype CC produce more long-chain fatty acids than cows of genotype BC (P < 0.05).

Milk Fat Composition and Nutritional Value

2001 ◽  
Vol 2001 ◽  
pp. 255-257
Author(s):  
J. J. Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Saturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Hdl Cholesterol ◽  
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Fat Composition

The perception of milk has changed over the past 25 years from one of being the ideal food to one of being detrimental nutritionally, mainly due to the fatty acid composition of its fat component. Now however, it has been discovered that milk contains a number of compounds, which may have positive nutritional benefits. It also appears that the association between saturated fatty acids in milk and effects on cholesterol may have been an oversimplification. It is accepted that the hypercholesterolaemic saturated fatty acids in milk fat are confined to lauric (C12:0), myristic (C14:0) and palmitic acid (C16:0) with the shorter chain saturated fatty acids and stearic acid having no cholesterol raising effect. Indeed bovine milk fat contains two fatty acids which may have important beneficial effects on human health, namely conjugated linoleic acid (cis- 9, trans- 11 linoleic acids – C18:2, CLA) and butyric acid (C4:0). Also monounsaturated fatty acids have been shown to be beneficial in altering the proportions of LDL and HDL cholesterol and it is possible to increase the concentration in milk of the principal monounsaturated fatty acid, oleic acid (C18:1), by optimising the diet of the cow. This paper will discuss nutritional strategies to optimise milk fat composition with particular reference to work from my own Research Centre in relation to oleic acid and CLA.

Fatty acid profile of the milk of cows reared in the mountain region of Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosława Rutkowska ◽  
Agata Adamska ◽  
Malgorzata Bialek
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Milk Composition ◽  
Early Spring ◽  
Fat Intake ◽  
Milk Fatty Acids ◽  
Branched Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Branched Chain

An appropriate composition of milk fatty acids (FA) improves the nutritional value of milk and milk products, and improves milk processing. Polish dairy farms in the mountainous region are rather small, animal nutrition there is based on locally produced forages and this, together with the transitional climate zone brings about seasonal changes in FA composition of milk. The aim of the study was to evaluate the composition of FA in bovine milk fat in relation to fat intake in forages and their FA profiles. The study involved 5 herds reared in low-input mountain farms located at an altitude of 670–780 m above sea level (Beskid Mountains). The cows were fed forages produced locally. FAs in forages and milk samples were subjected to gas chromatography. Highest fat intake observed in grazing season (4·2–4·7%) and high amounts of polyunsaturated FA in forages from that period (51·8–64·1 g/100 g FA) resulted in a markedly high content of valuable FAs:t-11C18:1 (3·22 g/100 g FA),c-9, t-11C18:2 (CLA; 1·20 g/100 g FA) in milk. Lower fat intake of forages containing high amount of SFA (32·42–38·83 g/100 g FA) in the indoor period resulted in changes in milk composition. The content of total short-chain saturated FA (SCFA) was highest in winter and early spring samples (14·10 and 13·44 g/100 g FA, respectively), like the amounts of myristic C14:0 and palmitic C16:0 acids (11·80 and 37·92 g/100 g FA). Total odd- and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA; 6·58 g/100 g FA) content was highest at the beginning of the grazing period. Fresh grass consumed by cows promoted the activity of Δ9-desaturase in mammary gland as evidenced by higher C14:1 : C14:0 (0·054) and C16:1 : C16:0 (0·026) ratios in grazing than in the indoor periods.

scholarly journals The effect of polymorphism in the <i>FADS2</i> gene on the fatty acid composition of bovine milk

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Stanisław Proskura ◽  
Michał Liput ◽  
Daniel Zaborski ◽  
Zbigniew Sobek ◽  
Yu-Hsiang Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Fatty Acid Composition ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Linolenic Acid ◽  
Acid Composition ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Stearidonic Acid ◽  
Milk Fatty Acids ◽  
Direct Dna Sequencing ◽  
Holstein Friesian

Abstract. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play a role in a wide variety of physiological processes. They are produced by a series of desaturation and elongation reactions. Δ-6-desaturase is a membrane-bound enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of α-linolenic acid (C18:3n-3) and linoleic acid (C18:2n-6) to stearidonic acid (18:4n-3) and γ-linolenic acid (18:3n-6). It is encoded by the FADS2 gene located on bovine chromosome 29. The aim of this study was to identify a single nucleotide polymorphism in the FADS2 gene and to determine possible associations with milk fatty acid composition in two breeds of dairy cattle, i.e., Jersey and Polish Holstein-Friesian. Direct DNA sequencing revealed the presence of an A-to-G substitution in intron 3 of the FADS2 gene (rs209202414). Both populations were genotyped with an appropriate PCR-RFLP assay. The following genotype distributions were observed: for Jerseys, AA = 0.24, AG = 0.63, and GG = 0.13; for Polish Holstein-Friesians, AA = 0.17, AG = 0.40, and GG = 0.43. In Jerseys, statistically significant relationships were found between the FASD2 genotypes and the following milk fatty acids: lauric (P=0.0486), behenic (P=0.0199), lignoceric (P=0.0209), oleic (P=0.0386), eicosatrienoic (P=0.0113), and docosadienoic (P=0.0181). In Polish Holstein-Friesian cows, significant associations were observed for erucic (P=0.0460) and docosahexaenoic (P=0.0469) acids. The study indicated the A-to-G substitution (rs209202414) in the bovine FADS2 gene as a potential genetic marker for fatty acid composition in cattle milk.

scholarly journals Short communication: Genome-wide scan for bovine milk-fat composition. II. Quantitative trait loci for long-chain fatty acids

2009 ◽  
Vol 92 (9) ◽  
pp. 4676-4682 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Schennink ◽  
W.M. Stoop ◽  
M.H.P.W. Visker ◽  
J.J. van der Poel ◽  
H. Bovenhuis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Quantitative Trait ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Bovine Milk ◽  
Long Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Fat Composition ◽  
Long Chain ◽  
Genome Wide Scan

scholarly journals Milk Fatty Acid Profiles in Different Animal Species: Focus on the Potential Effect of Selected PUFAs on Metabolism and Brain Functions

Nutrients ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1111
Author(s):  
Maria P. Mollica ◽  
Giovanna Trinchese ◽  
Fabiano Cimmino ◽  
Eduardo Penna ◽  
Gina Cavaliere ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Milk Fat ◽  
Animal Species ◽  
Essential Fatty Acids ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Omega 3 ◽  
Milk Fatty Acids ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
The Impact

Milk contains several important nutrients that are beneficial for human health. This review considers the nutritional qualities of essential fatty acids (FAs), especially omega-3 (ω-3) and omega-6 (ω-6) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) present in milk from ruminant and non-ruminant species. In particular, the impact of milk fatty acids on metabolism is discussed, including its effects on the central nervous system. In addition, we presented data indicating how animal feeding—the main way to modify milk fat composition—may have a potential impact on human health, and how rearing and feeding systems strongly affect milk quality within the same animal species. Finally, we have presented the results of in vivo studies aimed at supporting the beneficial effects of milk FA intake in animal models, and the factors limiting their transferability to humans were discussed.

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