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Effect of untreated and formaldehyde treated whole linseed on the performance and fatty acid composition of milk produced by Friesland ewes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R.G. Wilkinson ,
V.E. Fry  and
L.A. Sinclair
R.G. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB UK
V.E. Fry
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB UK
L.A. Sinclair
Affiliation:
ASRC, School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Edgmond, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB UK
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Increasing the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content of ruminant products is widely accepted as a potential means of reducing the incidence of cardio-vascular disease in man. However, after ingestion dietary PUFAs are extensively hydrogenated in the rumen. Whole linseed is particularly high in a-linolenic acid (C18:3 n-3) and the feeding of whole seeds with an intact seed coat has been reported to double the duodenal supply of C18:3 in wether lambs (Wachira et al. 1998). This supply may be further enhanced by treating the whole seed with formaldehyde (Gulati et al. 1997). The objective of the experiment was to investigate the effect of untreated and formadehyde treated whole linseed on the performance and fatty acid composition of milk produced by Friesland ewes.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2000 , 2000 , pp. 152
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2000

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