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Relations between plasma non-esterified fatty acid metabolism and body fat mobilization in primiparous lactating goats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

F. R. Dunshea ,
A. W. Bell  and
T. E. Trigg
F. R. Dunshea
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
A. W. Bell
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
T. E. Trigg
Affiliation:
Animal and Irrigated Pastures Research Institute, Kyabram, Victoria 3620, Australia
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During early lactation ruminants can mobilize considerable amounts of body fat to maintain milk production. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of tritiated water (TOH) and non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) kinetics as means of monitoring adipose tissue fat mobilization in lactating goats. Body fat, as estimated by a two-pool model of TOH kinetics, and NEFA entry rate were measured in four primiparous goats at days 11, 37 and 72 post partum. Estimated body fat decreased by an average of 64 g/d between days 11 and 37 of lactation, tending to increase between days 37 and 72. Plasma NEFA concentrations and NEFA entry rate decreased as lactation advanced, being significantly lower at day 72 than at day 11 of lactation. Both plasma concentrations of NEFA and NEFA entry rate were negatively correlated with calculated energy balance. Plasma NEFA concentrations and NEFA entry rate at days 11 and 37 of lactation were positively related to average body fat losses over the subsequent stage of lactation. These results demonstrate that NEFA kinetics reflect fat mobilization in primiparous lactating goats, particularly during negative energy balance.

Keywords

Fat mobilizationLactationNon-esterified fatty acidsGoat
Type
Research Article
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 51 - 61
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1989

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