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Table 2 Performance of lactating dairy cows receiving rumen-protected supplements of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)1,2 (J Dairy Sci 2004, 87:3010–3016).

From: Physico-chemical modifications of conjugated linoleic acid for ruminal protection and oxidative stability

 

Treatment

  

Variable

Control

AP-CLA

LE-CLA

SEM

P 3

DMI, kg/d

30.6

31.6

30.4

0.9

0.50

Milk, kg/d

40.5

42.6

42.7

3.5

0.32

Milk fat

     

   %

3.23a

2.37b

2.34b

0.15

< 0.001

   kg/d

1.272

1.004b

0.992b

0.079

< 0.001

Milk protein

     

   %

2.55

2.51

2.58

0.12

0.07

   kg/d

1.001b

1.063a

1.086

0.023

0.02

  1. a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts differ.
  2. 1Supplements were amide-protected CLA (AP-CLA) and lipid-encapsulated CLA (LE-CLA).
  3. 2Values represent an average of day 6 and 7 of supplementation.
  4. 3Statistical probability of treatment effects.
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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