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The performance of lambs reared by ewes given protected lipids during late pregnancy and early lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. Steele
W. Steele
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Hannah Research Institute, Ayr KA6 5HL
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Abstract

1. Two groups of ewes were given a dietary supplement containing 40 g of either ‘protected’ tallow (PT) with only 3% linoleic acid or ‘protected’ safflower oil (PP) with 57% linoleic acid for 28 days prepartum and 30 days post-partum.

2. Although the birth weights of the lambs were unaffected by dietary treatment, the lambs in the PT group gained weight approximately 20% faster than those in the PP group.

3. The gross compositions of the milks of both groups of ewes were similar but the milk fat obtained from the PP group contained about twice as much linoleic acid as was found in the PT group.

4. Dietary treatments did not affect the haematocrits, red blood cell (RBC) or white blood cell numbers of the lambs. However, the haematocrits were higher at birth than at 10 days later and the RBCs were found to be less fragile at birth than at 10 days later.

5. The ratio of trienoic/tetraenoic fatty acid in the plasma lipids of the lambs was positively correlated with live-weight gain. Male lambs grew faster than females and twins faster than triplets and the trienoic/tetraenoic ratio was higher in males than females and higher in twins than in triplets.

6. These results showed that although it was possible to increase the linoleic acid content of the milk of ewes and of the blood lipids of their lambs by feeding protected safflower oil, no increase in lamb growth was obtained.

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Animal Production , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , June 1979 , pp. 287 - 296
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1979

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