Four lactating Holstein cows fitted with ruminal and duodenal cannulae were used in a 4 x 4 Latin square design to determine the effects of feeding raw and heat-treated flaxseed on ruminal fermentation parameters, ruminal fatty acid biohydrogenation (BH), nutrient utilization in various segments of the gastrointestinal tract, and plasma and milk composition of lactating dairy cows. Four diets were formulated: a control diet with no flaxseed (C); a raw flaxseed (RF); a micronized flaxseed (MF); and an extruded flaxseed (EF) diet. Ruminal pH, NH3N and total volatile fatty acids were not affected by dietary treatments. However, feeding flaxseed decreased ( P < 0.01) molar proportion of acetate and increased ( P < 0.01) that of propionate. Ruminal fiber digestion was lower (P < 0.04) for cows fed the flaxseed diets relative to those fed C. Feeding flaxseed had no effect on milk yield, milk fat and protein content, and milk fat yield, but decreased (P = 0.02) milk protein yield. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.80279 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Creators | Gonthier, Christian |
| Contributors | Mustafa, Arif F. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Animal Science.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002150215, proquestno: AAIMQ98648, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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