The Claim
Feeding dairy calves milk replacers containing animal fats versus vegetable fats is associated with distinct serum lipid profiles, including lower levels of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and specific triglyceride species (e.g., TG 36:0, TG 38:0) in calves fed animal fats, suggesting altered lipid metabolism and membrane composition.
What the research says
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When baby cows are fed milk substitute with animal fat instead of plant fat, their blood shows different types of fats—some important ones are lower—which might mean their bodies are processing fats and building cell membranes differently.
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Feeding dairy calves milk replacers containing animal fats versus vegetable fats is associated with distinct serum lipid profiles, including lower levels of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and specific triglyceride species (e.g., TG 36:0, TG 38:0) in calves fed animal fats, suggesting altered lipid metabolism and membrane composition.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Serum lipidomic profiling of dairy calves fed milk replacers containing animal or vegetable fats.
Scientists fed baby cows two different kinds of milk substitutes—one with animal fat and one with plant fat—and found that the ones with animal fat had different fat molecules in their blood, including less of certain types linked to cell membranes and energy storage.
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