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The effect of feeding high levels of fish oil and additional vitamin E on intake, milk yield, composition and fatty acid content in high yielding dairy cows

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2021

R J Mansbridge ,
J S Blake  and
C Collins
R J Mansbridge
Affiliation:
ADAS Bridgets Dairy Research Centre, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1AP , UK
J S Blake
Affiliation:
ADAS Bridgets Dairy Research Centre, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1AP , UK
C Collins
Affiliation:
ADAS Bridgets Dairy Research Centre, Martyr Worthy, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1AP , UK
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The COMA report on The Nutritional Aspects of Cardiovascular Disease (1994) recommended that the intake of long chain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, including eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), by the UK population should double. EPA and DHA in the human diet are derived principally from oily fish. The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of increasing levels of fish oil in the diet at two levels of vitamin E supplementation, on intake, milk production, the extent of uptake of EPA and DHA into milk fat at levels exceeding those investigated to date, and the effect of a dietary supplement of vitamin E on fatty acid content.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 1998 , 1998 , pp. 221
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1998

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Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA, 1994). Report on Health and Social Subjects No. 46.Google Scholar