Dietary Supplements for Lactating Goats by Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Rich Protected Fat. Effects After Supplement Withdrawal

• Published in: Journal of dairy science Vol. 87; no. 6; pp. 1796 - 1802
• Main Authors: Sanz Sampelayo, M.R., Martín Alonso, J.J., Pérez, L., Gil Extremera, F., Boza, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Savoy, IL Elsevier Inc 01.06.2004; Am Dairy Sci Assoc; American Dairy Science Association
• Subjects: Animal Feed; Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Animal productions; Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Dairying - methods; Dietary Supplements; effects after supplement withdrawal; Fats - analysis; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - administration & dosage; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - analysis; Feeding. Feeding behavior; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Goats - metabolism; Goats - physiology; lactating goat; Lactation - drug effects; Lactation - metabolism; Milk - chemistry; Milk - secretion; Milk Proteins - analysis; polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich protected fat; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Random Allocation; supplementation; Terrestrial animal productions; Vertebrates; Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems; polyunsaturated fatty acid-rich protected fat; supplementation; lactating goat; PUFA; effects after supplement withdrawal; Dairy animal; Lactation; Polyunsaturated fatty acid; Lipids; Supplemented diet; Feeding; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Dairy industry; Fat; Goat; Artiodactyla; Ungulata

The objective of this study was to investigate the persistence of the effects of supplements after they were withdrawn. Two groups of 12 goats were maintained under semiextensive breeding conditions; they were fed indoors with a concentrate with alfalfa hay and olive-tree leaves. Goats were in their...