Prepartum milking and the onset of secretion of milk fat in the goat.

AUTOR(ES)

Brownhill, J

RESUMO

Late-pregnant goats were separated into two groups. A control group of four goats had small (approximately 3 ml) volumes of secretion expelled from one mammary gland at infrequent intervals between day 130 of gestation and parturition. An experimental group of five goats had as much secretion as possible removed from both glands twice daily beginning on day 137 of gestation and continuing until parturition. After parturition, both groups were milked twice daily. Regular 'milking out' before parturition stimulated secretion of triglyceride by the mammary gland, and most of the fatty acids secreted in the triglyceride before parturition had a chain length of 18 carbons. Secretion of 6-14-carbon chain-length fatty acids in the milk triglycerides increased after parturition. There was no evidence that the onset of secretion of medium-chain and long-chain fatty acids occurred at different times in the control animals. It is concluded that the onset of secretion of medium-chain and long-chain fatty acids in milk triglycerides can be dissociated, although both are normally synchronized with parturition. Removal of secretion by the offspring at parturition may be a stimulus for the onset of secretion of long-chain fatty acids, but the onset of secretion of medium-chain fatty acids is brought about by some other mechanism.

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