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Influence of dietary fatty acids on the fatty acid composition of mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and spleen in the milk fed calf

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

K.N. Muturi ,
M. Birnie ,
M. Wallace ,
J. Struthers ,
J. R. Scaife  and
M.A. Lomax
K.N. Muturi
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
M. Birnie
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
M. Wallace
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
J. Struthers
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
J. R. Scaife
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
M.A. Lomax
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK
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Dietary fatty acids have been shown to affect the activity of the immune system in a variety of species through eicosanoid dependent or independent mechanisms (Miles 1998, Calder 2001). MLN and spleen are lymphoid tissues which play a key role in the immune function. Changing the fatty acid composition of these tissues could change the profile of eicosanoid produced by immune cells in these tissues and this could alter the immune response. This study was carried out to establish the extent to which different oil supplements could change the fatty acid composition of MLN and spleen in milk fed calves.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2002 , 2002 , pp. 8
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2002

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