ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2016, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 529-535.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2016.03.015

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Effects of Intra-arterial Infusion of Amino Acids on Milk Fatty Acids Composition in Lactating Dairy Cows

ZHANG Fu-quan,AO Chang-jin*,KHAS-Erdene,LIU Shuai-wang,BAI Chen,WANG Xian-jue,GAO Peng,ZHANG Ying   

  1. (College of Animal Science,Inner Mongolia Agricultural University,Hohhot 010018,China)
  • Received:2015-04-13 Online:2016-03-23 Published:2016-03-23

Abstract:

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of intra-arterial infusion of amino acids on milk performance and milk composition of fatty acids in dairy cows.8 Chinese Holstein cows,fitted with intra-arterial catheters that was terminated in right external pudendal,were used in this study.Cows were fed with TMR based on corn stover basal diet.The experiment lasted for 27 days,including 21-day preliminary period followed by 3-day carrier infusion(CSc) and 3-day amino acids infusion(CSa).Milk was collected twice daily at the last 2 days of each infusion period,and mixed according to the milk production of each cow.The composition of milk fatty acids was determined by GC-FID.The results showed as follows:1) The milk fat percentage of CSa was significantly higher with 5.92% than that of CSc(P<0.05),whereas the remaining milk components showed no significant difference between CSa and CSc(P>0.05);2) The concentration of C4∶0,C6∶0,C8∶0,C10∶0,C12∶0,C14∶0 and C16∶0 in milk were significantly reduced after amino acids infusion(P<0.05),and the concentration of C18∶1cis-9 in milk tended to decrease(P<0.10);3) Compared with CSc,AA infusion significantly decreased the total fatty acids concentration by 27.24% in milk(P<0.05) in CSa group.These results indicate that intra-arterial infusion of amino acids can decrease the content of short- and medium-chain fatty acids in milk,which did not affect long-chain fatty acids content in milk.

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