Effects of protected cyclopropene fatty acids on the composition of ruminant milk fat |
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Authors: | L J Cook T W Scott S C Mills A C Fogerty A R Johnson |
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Affiliation: | (1) CSIRO Division of Animal Production, PO Box 239, 2148 Blacktown, NSW, Australia;(2) CSIRO Division of Food Research, PO Box 52, 2113 North Ryde, NSW, Australia |
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Abstract: | Unsaturated fatty acids can be protected from ruminal hydrogenation, and, when fed to lactating ruminants, the constituent
acids are incorporated into milk triacylglycerols. By this means, it has been possible to reduce the melting point of milk
triglycerides and to make softer butter fat. This report shows that, by feeding small amounts of protected cyclopropene fatty
acids, one is also able to make harder butter fat.Sterculia foetida seed oil, a rich source of cyclopropene fatty acids, was emulsified with casein and spray dried to yield a free flowing dry
powder. When this material was treated with formaldehyde and fed to lactating goats (ca. 1 g cyclopropene fatty acids per
day), there were substantial increases in the proportions of stearic acid and decreases in the proportions of oleic acid in
milk fat. Similar results were obtained when the formaldehyde-treated supplements were fed to lactating cows (ca. 3 g cyclopropene
fatty acids per day). The effect was considerably less apparent when theS. foetida seed oilcasein supplement was not treated with formaldehyde, suggesting that cyclopropene fatty acids are hydrogenated in
the rumen as are other unsaturated fatty acids. The effect of feeding protected cyclopropene fatty acids on the stearic: oleic
ratio in milk fat is probably due to cyclopropene-mediated inhibition of the mammary desaturase enzymes. |
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