TY - JOUR T1 - Protecting Dietary Vitamin C and High Oleic Oil in Feed and its Effect on the Nutritional Profile of Goat Milk AU - , Jung Hoon Lee AU - , Arnold M. Saxton AU - , Lester O. Pordesimo AU - , John C. Waller AU - , Sharon L. Melton JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 30 EP - 37 PY - 2006 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2006.30.37 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2006.30.37 KW - Feed Supplement KW -protected nutrient KW -vitamin C KW -high-oleic oil KW -goat KW -milk KW -ruminant AB - Protecting dietary vitamin C and high oleic oil from ruminal degradation by formulating these nutrients within a formaldehyde-free feed supplement and its effects on the nutritional profile of goat milk were investigated. Two protein-oil gel supplements (PGS), both containing high oleic sunflower oil (oleic acid source) and ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin C source), one based on casein (C-PGS) and the other based on keratin (K-PGS), were prepared and included in lactating goat diets. Both increased unsaturated fat content in goat milk, but only feeding with C-PGS resulted in a significant increase. K-PGS increased vitamin C in goat blood serum but not in milk. Blood serum vitamin C concentration for protein-oil gel supplement diets and unprotected ascorbyl palmitate diet were similar, so protection of vitamin C was questionable. The two protein-oil gel supplements increased concentration of oleic acid in both blood serum and milk with a corollary decrease in hypercholesteremic fatty acids. ER -