Research Article

Milk Fatty Acid Profile of Holstein Cows When Changed from a Mixed System to a Confinement System or Mixed System with Overnight Grazing

Table 1

Chemical composition and fatty acid profile of total mixed ration (TMR) and pasture in two moments (M1 and M3) of the experiment.

M1M3
ComponentTMRPastureTMRPasture

DM (%)66.826.757.821.3
CP (% DM)16.813.616.610.4
NDF (% DM)40.448.935.762.0
ADF (% DM)22.324.020.532.2
Ash (% DM)6.510.16.010.9
FAs (g/100 g)
C10 : 00.06ndndnd
C12 : 00.090.22ndnd
C14 : 00.410.630.140.55
C15 : 00.07nd0.05nd
C16 : 014.125.213.529.1
C16 : 1 cis0.410.260.63nd
C16 : 1 trans0.061.980.11.92
C16 : 20.04ndndnd
C17 : 00.150.85nd0.65
C17 : 1 cis0.07nd0.11nd
C18 : 05.613.05.610.3
C18 : 1 cis37.310.641.69.3
C18 : 1 trans0.340.090.37nd
C18 : 2 cis (n-6)36.814.732.617.9
C18 : 2 trans0.420.250.430.22
C18 : 2 (CLA)0.05ndndnd
C18 : 3 (n-3)2.325.02.223.8
C18 : 3 (n-6)0.030.31nd0.34
C20 : 00.531.120.771.19
C20 : 1 cis0.550.680.540.75
C20 : 1 trans0.05ndndnd
C20 : 2 cis (n-6)0.15nd0.15nd
C21 : 00.040.180.050.18
C22 : 00.291.730.461.55
C23 : 00.140.220.10.47
C24 : 00.361.320.451.82
C25 : 00.070.270.090.11
C26 : 00.091.510.08nd
C28 : 00.03ndndnd
n-32.2725.02.1723.8
n-637.015.037.118.2
Ether extract (g/100)3.482.293.141.91

M1: one month after calving; M3: three months after calving; CP: crude protein; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; ADF: acid detergent fiber; nd: not detected.