Diet-induced milk fat depression

Peterson, D.G., Matitashvili, E.A., Bauman, D.E. 2003. Diet-induced milk fat depression in dairy cows results in increased nans-10, cis-12 CLA in milk fat and coordinate suppression of mRNA abundance for mammary enzymes involved in milk fat synthesis. J. Nutr. 133, 3098-3102. 

Figure 3.5. Generalized scheme of ruminal biohydrogenation of linoleic acid under normal conditions (solid line) and during diet-induced milk fat depression (dotted line). Adapted from Griinari and Bauman (1999).

Griinari, J.M., Bauman, D.E. 2003. Update on theories of diet-induced milk fat depression and potential applications. In Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition 2003 (P.C. Garnsworthy,... 

Peterson, D.G., Matitashvih, E.A., and Bauman, D.E. (2002) Diet-Induced Milk Fat Depression in Dairy Cows Is Characterized by Increased Milk Fat Content of flO, cl2 CLA and Corresponding Reductions in Lipogenic Gene Expression, FASEB J. 16, A232 (Abstr.). 

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