title: Differential effects of high fat diets on fatty acid composition in milk of Jersey and Holstein cows.
abstract: Effects of increasing dietary intake of calcium salts of palm fatty acid distillate (0, .25, .50, and .75 kg/d) on milk yield and milk fat composition were investigated for Jersey and Holstein cows. Increased dietary fat decreased DMI but did not influence milk yield or fat and protein contents. Jersey milk fat contained a higher proportion of short- and medium-chain fatty acids and lower proportions of palmitic and oleic fatty acids than did Holstein milk fat. With few exceptions, increased dietary fat altered the proportions of milk fatty acids in a parallel manner in both breeds. Except for butyrate, for which an effect was inconsistent, and palmitate, which was increased, additional dietary fat inhibited de novo synthesis of the milk fatty acids. The inhibition increased as the chain length of the fatty acids increased. Additional dietary fat increased the ratio of C18:1:C18:0 in Holstein cows, but the ratio was unchanged by dietary fat in Jersey cows. The regulation of fluidity of milk fat may differ between the two breeds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dairy Science, Ohio State University, Wooster 44691, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Beaulieu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Palmquist
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle / Q000502:physiology*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D007774:Lactation; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D019301:Oleic Acid; D009829:Oleic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D019308:Palmitic Acid; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009829:Oleic Acids; D010169:Palmitic Acids; D019301:Oleic Acid; D019308:Palmitic Acid