Livestock grain/fiber metabolismWASRe: storing kefir grains ingrain

January 20, 2005

When I was reading about the research, it sounded like they got high

levels of CLA in cows that were producing milk FAST and were eating

cracked soybeans. I can't remember how much processing was done to

the soybeans.

I think the thing they found was that feed that provided lots of

linoleic acid to a cow that produces milk fast gives the most CLA. I

think they said that grass provides some, but soybeans provide more.

So they were getting high CLA with Holsteins on cracked soybeans, I

think.

IIRC, if researchers gave the cow any grain AT ALL, it reduced the

level of CLA in that cow's milk forever. I think it has to do with

the organisms in the rumen. If you give grain, then the grain-based

organisms overpopulate relative to the others. And the others are

the ones that produce the CLA. IMO, it sounded a lot like the

problem humans have when candida gets out of control.

Brown Swiss were also significant producers of CLA.

The more milkfat in the milk, the more CLA present.

I believe the most prominent researcher was Dr. Tilak Dhilman. I

think he's at Utah. I think they also did significant research at a

center in Nebraska, too.

--- In , Idol <Idol@c...>

wrote:

> Dennis-

>

> >--- I wonder whether oats and barley would affect CLA as much due

to

> >hi fiber content of these hulled(hull is around each kernel when

> >ground and therefore livestock eat it with the grain)grains.For

> >humans to eat the oat and barley grain the hull must be removed

with

> >a dehuller..

>

> I'm not sure I understand, but AFAIK they both dramatically affect

the CLA

> content of milkfat and tissue fat -- a lot more than fresh alfalfa

does,

> for example.

>

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