Dr. Phil Cardoso and Dr. Adam Lock of Michigan State University discuss Dr. Lock’s recent study on the effect of supplementing two major fatty acids, palmitic and oleic acid, in different ratios on milk production in high-, medium- and low-producing cows.

Links to papers mentioned in this episode

Western et al. 2020, Milk production responses to altering the dietary ratio of palmitic and oleic acids varies with production level in dairy cows.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2020-18936
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33069410/

de Souza et al. 2019, Altering the ratio of dietary C16:0 and cis-9 C18:1 interacts with production level in dairy cows: Effects on production responses and energy partitioning. DOI: 10.3168/jds.2019-16374
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31495626/

Lock et al. 2006, Concepts of fat and fatty acid digestion in ruminants. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266499830_Concepts_of_fat_and_fatty_acid_digestion_in_ruminants

Burch et al 2020, Milk production responses of dairy cows to fatty acid supplements with different ratios of palmitic and oleic acid in low- and high-fat basal diets. Abstract #175 in https://www.adsa.org/Portals/0/SiteContent/Docs/Meetings/2020ADSA/ADSA2020_Abstracts.pdf?v20200708.