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Fat content and fatty acids profile of colostrum and milk of primitive Konik horses (Equus caballus gmelini Ant.) during six months of lactation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2008

Jan Pikul ,
Jacek Wójtowski ,
Romualda Danków ,
Beata Kuczyńska  and
Jacek Łojek
Jan Pikul
Affiliation:
Department of Dairy Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 31, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Jacek Wójtowski*
Affiliation:
Department of Sheep, Goat and Fur Animals Breeding, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wołyńska 33, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
Romualda Danków
Affiliation:
Department of Dairy Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 31, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Beata Kuczyńska
Affiliation:
Department of Cattle Breeding, Warsaw Agricultural University, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland
Jacek Łojek
Affiliation:
Department of Horses Breeding, Warsaw Agricultural University, Ciszewskiego 8, 02-766 Warsaw, Poland
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: jacwoj@neostrada.pl
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Abstract

The effect of the stage of lactation, the number of foals and age of the mare on changes in the fat content and fatty acid composition of colostrum and milk of primitive Konik horses was investigated. Colostrum and milk samples from 12 lactating mares were collected at the beginning of lactation, on the days 1 and 2 after foaling and then, starting from the first month of lactation, at 4-week intervals up to the sixth month of lactation. Significant differences were observed in fat content as well as the composition of some analysed fatty acids between colostrum and milk of mares of the Konik breed. The number of foalings and the age of mares did not have a statistically significant effect on the fat content in milk and had only a slight effect on the fatty acid composition. Milk produced by mares of the Konik breed is characterized by a considerable content of polyene fatty acids with 18 carbon atoms, a low ratio of n-6 fatty acids to n-3 fatty acids as well as low, highly advantageous values of atherogenic and thrombogenic indices.

Keywords

Marecolostrummilklactation stagefat contentfatty acids profile
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 75 , Issue 3 , August 2008 , pp. 302 - 309
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2008

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