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Increasing Omega Fatty Acid Content In Milk Through Cow’S Diet: Effect On Milk Flavor, K. A. S. Nelson, Silvana Martini Apr 2009

Increasing Omega Fatty Acid Content In Milk Through Cow’S Diet: Effect On Milk Flavor, K. A. S. Nelson, Silvana Martini

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Milk with an increased content of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) was obtained by incorporating fish oil into the feed of cows. The 4 feed treatments used were a control diet of 57% forage and 43% concentrate mix with EnerGII fat supplement at 1.65% of dietary DM, or EnerGII in the basal diet was partially replaced with 1) 0.21% partially ruminally inert calcium salts of 71% fish oil given at 0.41% of DM; 2) 0.41% inert calcium salts of 71% fish oil given at 0.83% of DM; or 3) 0.83% inert calcium salts of …