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Studies of the secretion of milk of low fat content by cows on diets low in hay and high in concentrates: VII. The effect of administration of volatile fatty acids to cows giving normal milk and milk of low fat content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2009

C. C. Balch  and
S. J. Rowland
C. C. Balch
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
S. J. Rowland
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading
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1. The administration of 0·5–1·5 kg. sodium acetate to cows in which the milk fat percentage had been reduced by diets low in hay and high in concentrates usually brought about an appreciable improvement in fat percentage. The extent of the response varied from slight to complete. The Reichert value of the milk fat fell with diets low in hay, but was raised by administration of acetate.

2. The daily administration of 500 g. sodium acetate to cows receiving diets containing normal levels of hay and concentrates according to their milk yields did not affect the milk fat content.

3. The daily administration of 414 g. sodium propionate did not restore fat percentages lowered by the diets low in hay. Butyrate appeared, in a test with one cow, to possess the restorative properties of acetate.

4. With diets containing either 50 lb. silage as the sole roughage or 60 lb. fodder beet and only 6 lb. hay, fat percentages were the same as with a normal diet containing 16 lb. hay.

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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , June 1959 , pp. 162 - 172
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 1959

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