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Fat Supplementation: Implication in Dairy Cattle


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1 Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya (DSVCKV), Durg 491 001, India
2 ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru 560 030, India
3 Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, DSVCKV, Durg 491 001, India
 

Supplementation of fat or oil in the ration of high yielding dairy cattle increases the energy density of the ration without altering the composition of the other ingredients. A high proportion of free fatty acids in vegetable fat possibly improves fat digestibility in the total gastrointestinal tract and has been associated with variable effects on milk yield and milk fat composition. Vegetable fats are rich sources of essential fatty acids, viz. linoleic and linolenic acid, and varying amounts of monounsaturated oleic acid. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in dietary fat are important substrates for the synthesis of reproductive hormones and prostaglandins and to augment the reproductive performance through stimulation of the growth of ovarian follicles, increase in follicle size and number, and increased function of corpus luteum (CL) in cattle. PUFA undergoes biohydrogenation in the rumen to produce conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The milk CLA is identified to reduce body fat levels, improve glycaemic profile, resynthesize glycogen, modulate immune function, improve bone mineralization, prevent heart diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes and cancer in humans. Significantly higher levels of fat/oil (>3%, generally) in the diet may adversely affect the fermentation pattern through adverse effects on fibrolytic bacteria and protozoa in the rumen, subsequently lowering the fibre and dry matter digestibility. To minimize the effect of higher levels of fat on rumen fermentation, fat may be supplied in a protected form that escapes rumen fermentation and is subsequently utilized in the lower digestive tract of high-yielding dairy cattle to produce beneficial effects.

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Dairy Cattle, Essential Fatty Acids, Fat Supplementation, Milk Production, Reproduction.
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Authors

Sonali Prusty
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya (DSVCKV), Durg 491 001, India
D. Rajendran
ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru 560 030, India
Meenu Dubey
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, Dau Shri Vasudev Chandrakar Kamdhenu Vishwavidyalaya (DSVCKV), Durg 491 001, India
Savita Bisen
Veterinary Parasitology, College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Anjora, DSVCKV, Durg 491 001, India

Abstract


Supplementation of fat or oil in the ration of high yielding dairy cattle increases the energy density of the ration without altering the composition of the other ingredients. A high proportion of free fatty acids in vegetable fat possibly improves fat digestibility in the total gastrointestinal tract and has been associated with variable effects on milk yield and milk fat composition. Vegetable fats are rich sources of essential fatty acids, viz. linoleic and linolenic acid, and varying amounts of monounsaturated oleic acid. Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in dietary fat are important substrates for the synthesis of reproductive hormones and prostaglandins and to augment the reproductive performance through stimulation of the growth of ovarian follicles, increase in follicle size and number, and increased function of corpus luteum (CL) in cattle. PUFA undergoes biohydrogenation in the rumen to produce conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). The milk CLA is identified to reduce body fat levels, improve glycaemic profile, resynthesize glycogen, modulate immune function, improve bone mineralization, prevent heart diseases, atherosclerosis, diabetes and cancer in humans. Significantly higher levels of fat/oil (>3%, generally) in the diet may adversely affect the fermentation pattern through adverse effects on fibrolytic bacteria and protozoa in the rumen, subsequently lowering the fibre and dry matter digestibility. To minimize the effect of higher levels of fat on rumen fermentation, fat may be supplied in a protected form that escapes rumen fermentation and is subsequently utilized in the lower digestive tract of high-yielding dairy cattle to produce beneficial effects.

Keywords


Dairy Cattle, Essential Fatty Acids, Fat Supplementation, Milk Production, Reproduction.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi12%2F1393-1400