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Journal of Dairy Science Vol. 73 No. 4 948-955
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Rhythms in Cholesterol, Cholesteryl Esters, Free Fatty Acids, and Triglycerides in Blood of Lactating Dairy Cows

Joel Bitman 1, D. L. Wood 1, and A. M. Lefcourt 1

1 Milk Secretion and Mastitis Laboratory, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, US Department of Agriculture, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705

Blood samples from six lactating dairy cows were analyzed to determine whether circulating neutral lipids exhibit rhythmic variations. Plasma neutral lipids were measured by quantitative TLC on every fourth integrated 15-min blood sample taken over 48-h periods. Cows were housed in an environmental chamber at 20°C with 16 h light:8 h dark (lights on at 0700 h), fed daily at 0900 h, and milked at 0830 and 2000 h. Other variables monitored included: body temperature, ammonia nitrogen, urea nitrogen, glucose, triiodothyronine, thyroxine, somatotropin, insulin, cortisol, and prolactin. Mean concentrations of cholesterol, cholesteryl esters, free fatty acids, and triglycerides were 21.4, 175.4, 3.1, and 6.3 mg/dl, respectively. Visual and power spectral analysis of the pulsatile fluctuations in lipids indicated rhythms with periods of 2 to 3 h. Amplitudes of rhythms for free fatty acids and triglycerides were 60% of mean concentrations and for cholesterol and cholesteryl esters were 20% of mean concentrations. The presence of these rhythms was conserved when data were averaged across time by cow. However, because of nonstationary conditions, rhythms identified by spectral analysis were not statistically significant. There was no evidence of circadian patterns in circulating neutral lipid components. All other metabolic and hormonal variables except cortisol exhibited distinct circadian rhythms.

Key Words: cows • plasma lipids • rhythms

Submitted on May 24, 1989
Accepted on October 12, 1989




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