Molecular Nutrition

Effects of Rapeseed Supplementation on Milk Performance and Milk  Fatty Acids in Grazing Yaks

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  • 1.The Academy of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Qinghai University, Xining 810016, China; 2. Qinghai Plateau Yak Research  Center, Xining 810016, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Plateau Grazing Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, Xining 810016, China; 4.Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; 5.Key Laboratory of Tarim Animal Husbandry Science and Technology, Xinjiang Production and Construction Group, Alaer 843300, China

Online published: 2009-01-20

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of rapeseed treated by high temperature and pressure on milk performance and milk fatty acids of grazing yaks. Fifteen yaks were randomly divided into the following 3 treatments: control group (group N, pasturing), low level group (group L, pasturing plus feeding 100 g/d rapeseed per yak), high level group (group H, pasturing plus feeding 200 g/d rapeseed per yak). The results showed that: (1) compared with the control group, there was no influence on milk performance and milk fatty acids by feeding 100 g/d rapeseed per yak. When the yaks were fed 200 g/d rapeseed, milk yield and content of milk components were significantly increased (P<0.05); (2) palmic aicd (C16∶0),stearic acid (C18∶0) and oleic acid (c-9-C18∶1) were the abundant fatty acids of milk fat of grazing yaks and feeding rapeseed could significantly enhance the content of stearic acid in milk fat (P<0.05); (3) conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) contents of milk fat were 1.23%, 1.15% and 1.18% in the control, group L and H, respectively. CLA contents and desaturase indices showed no significant difference among groups and the content of c-9,t-11-CLA in yak milk was relatively higher, which was 98.60% of the total CLA content.

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ZHOU Xiao ling 1,5, HAO Li zhuang 1,2,3,HONG Jin suo 1,2,3, WU Ke xuan 1,2,3,CHAI Sha tuo 1,2,3,LIU Shu jie 1,2,3*, WANG Jia qi 4 ,BU Deng pan4 . Effects of Rapeseed Supplementation on Milk Performance and Milk  Fatty Acids in Grazing Yaks[J]. Chinese Journal of Animal Nutrition, 2009 , 21(01) : 53 -58 . DOI: 10.3969/j.ssn.1006-267x.2009.01.010

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