Importance of Correlations between Colostrum-Blood Fatty Acid Components in Dairy Cattle for Animal Health
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1 - Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Cukurova, Adana, Turkey
Keywords: blood, colostrum, correlation, fatty acids, gas chromatography,
Abstract :
In order to evaluate the metabolic status of Holstein cows, correlations were determined between colos-trum-blood and milk-blood fatty acids. 27 fatty acids were detected in colostrum, 30 in milk and 25 in blood. The highest fatty acid ratio in colostrum and milk was C16:0 (36.13%; 32.54%), while in blood it was C18:1n9c (22.28%; 20.4%). The largest difference between the fatty acid levels in colostrum and blood was determined in linoleic acid (3.68%; 20.37%). As a result of the analysis, it was determined that colos-trum saturated fatty acids (SFA) and monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) contents were higher than blood (SFA: 61.52%; 42.10%; MUFA: 27.93%; 26.00%, respectively), while polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) content was lower than blood (PUFA: 4.90%; 25.99%, respectively). In the correlation analysis between colostrum and blood fatty acids; A statistically significant positive correlation (P<0.01) was found between colostrum and blood fatty acids (r2=0.768) and colostrum-blood SFA (r2=0.894), colostrum-blood MUFA (r2=0.932) and colostrum-blood PUFA (r2=0.980) values. Regression graphs showed that changes in colos-trum SFA, MUFA and PUFA were largely dependent on changes in blood SFA, MUFA and PUFA (R2=0.800, R2=0.868, R2=0.961, respectively). Therefore, it was determined that changes in colostrum and milk fatty acids made a significant contribution to the estimation of blood fatty acids.
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