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The effects of 2 methods of incorporating soybean oil into the diet on milk yield and composition in the cow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

W. Steele ,
R. C. Noble  and
J. H. Moore
W. Steele
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland
R. C. Noble
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland
J. H. Moore
Affiliation:
The Hannah Dairy Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland
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Summary

In a feeding experiment with 6 cows in mid-lactation a portion of the starch in the concentrate part of the diet was isocalorically replaced by 8% soybean oil, and the effects on the yield and composition of the milk were studied. The oil was incorporated into the diet either as coarsely ground soybeans or by direct addition of the oil itself. The concentrate mixtures were given with a high-roughage diet that supplied 5·5 kg hay and 2·7kg sugar-beet pulp/day.

When the soybean oil was included in the diet either in the form of soybeans or as the oil itself there was an increase in the yields of milk, solids-not-fat (SNF) and lactose, and an increase also in the percentage of lactose in the milk. The percentage of protein, however, was decreased.

When the oil was included in the form of soybeans there was an increase in the yield of fat but a decrease in the percentage of SNF in the milk.

When soybean oil was included in the diet, the yield of protein was increased but the yield of fat and the percentage of fat in the milk were both decreased.

With both methods of incorporating the oil there was an increase in the relative proportion of propionic acid and a decrease in that of butyric acid in the total volatile fatty acids of the rumen liquor. When the oil was added directly, but not when it was added as soybeans, there was a decrease in the proportion of acetic acid in the total volatile fatty acids. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , February 1971 , pp. 43 - 48
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1971

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