Rumen-protected conjugated linoleic acid supplementation to dairy cows in late pregnancy and early lactation: effects on milk composition, milk yield, blood metabolites and gene expression in liver

Table 1 Ingredients and chemical composition of lactational and basal diet¹.

¹Lactational diet was fed to all cows postpartum and basal diet was fed to all cows prepartum.
² Composition: corn gluten 18.4%, turnips molasses chips 13.8%, wheat 10.0%, triticale 10.0%, rape cake 10.0%, maize 8.8%, malt germ 6.0%, grain distillation residual (ProtiGrain) 5%, rape extraction grist 5%, rumen protected rape extraction grist 5%, palm corn cake 3.3%, soy extraction grist 2.8%, sodium bicarbonate 1.0%, calcium bicarbonate 0.99%, plant oil (palm coconut) 0.40%.
³ The mix contained calcium 14%, sodium 10%, phosphorous 5%, magnesium 5%.

ISSN: 1751-0147