Effects of differential supplementation of fatty acids during the peripartum and breeding periods of Holstein cows: II. Neutrophil fatty acids and function, and acute phase proteins

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 94; no. 5; pp. 2285 - 2301
• Main Authors: Silvestre, F.T., Carvalho, T.S.M., Crawford, P.C., Santos, J.E.P., Staples, C.R., Jenkins, T., Thatcher, W.W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.05.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: acute phase protein; Acute-Phase Proteins - analysis; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animal productions; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Breeding; Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage; Cattle - metabolism; Cattle - physiology; dairy cow; Diet - veterinary; Dietary Supplements; fatty acid; Fatty Acids - administration & dosage; Fatty Acids - physiology; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fish Oils - administration & dosage; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; neutrophil; Neutrophils - metabolism; Neutrophils - physiology; Palm Oil; Peripartum Period - blood; Peripartum Period - physiology; Plant Oils - administration & dosage; Safflower Oil - administration & dosage; Salts - administration & dosage; Terrestrial animal productions; Time Factors; Vertebrates; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; fatty acid; dairy cow; neutrophil; acute phase protein; Farming animal; Dairy cattle; Lipids; Fatty acids; Feeding; Vertebrata; Acute phase protein; Mammalia; Dairy industry; Artiodactyla; Neutrophil; Supplementation; Ungulata

The objectives were to evaluate the effects of differential supplementation of Ca salts (CS) of fatty acids (FA) on plasma acute phase proteins and both FA composition and function (i.e., activity and cytokine production) of neutrophils, during the peripartum and breeding periods. Holstein cows were...