Digestive and metabolic utilization of lauric, myristic and stearic acid in cows, and associated effects on milk fat quality

Archives of Animal Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-116

  Dohme, Frigga ^a,b   Machmuller F ^a   Sutter, F ^a,c   Kreuzer, M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b AGROSCOPE LIEBEFELD POSIEUX RESEARCH STATION ALP   (Switzerland)

^c Swiss Ctr for Agric Extension   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dairy cow; Energy; Fatty acids; Intake; Ruminants

Indexed keywords

LAURIC ACID; MILK FAT; MYRISTIC ACID; STEARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTERIFICATION; FEEDING; GAS EXCHANGE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIGESTION; FATS; FEMALE; LACTATION; LAURIC ACIDS; MILK; MYRISTIC ACID; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STEARIC ACIDS;

EID: 2342663675     PISSN: 1745039X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039420410001667485     Document Type: Article

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