title: Acceleration of reflex maturation and physical development in suckling rats: effects of a maternal diet containing lipids from goat milk.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of lipids from goat milk containing conjugated linoleic acids on body weight and reflex ontogeny of neonatal rats treated during the prenatal and suckling periods.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three groups were studied: soybean oil (S), coconut oil (C), and goat milk lipids (GM). Reflex maturation (palm grasp, righting reflex, cliff avoidance, vibrissae placing, negative geotaxis, auditory startle, and free-fall righting) as well as body weight evolution were recorded during lactation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Data demonstrated that the lipids from goat milk accelerated body weight evolution as well as all the reflex maturation investigated (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The supply of goat's milk offered to Wistar rats during pregnancy and lactation provided a variety of fatty acids necessary to accelerate the development of offspring.
authors.forename: Juliana Kessia Barbosa
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Soares
authors.forename: Rita de Cássia Ramos do Egypto
authors.initials: Rde C
authors.lastname: Queiroga
authors.forename: Marco Aurélio Delmondes
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bomfim
authors.forename: Debora Catarine Nepomuceno de Pontes
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Pessoa
authors.forename: Elida de Andrade
authors.initials: Ede A
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Dione Lins
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Jose Eulálio
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cabral-Filho
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Medeiros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D000833:Animals, Suckling / Q000254:growth & development; D001835:Body Weight; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development*; D000074263:Coconut Oil; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006041:Goats; D007774:Lactation / Q000187:drug effects; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008297:Male; D039382:Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D008892:Milk / Q000737:chemistry*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013024:Soybean Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats; D044243:Linoleic Acids, Conjugated; D010938:Plant Oils; D013024:Soybean Oil; D000074263:Coconut Oil
keywords: Conjugated linoleic acid; Development; Goat milk; Rats