Calcium salts of palm oil fatty acids for grazing dairy cows on ruminal parameters

• Grant number: 17/25241-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): March 01, 2018
• Effective date (End): February 28, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Nutrition and Feeding
• Principal Investigator: Flávio Augusto Portela Santos
• Grantee: Jéssica Olivier da Silva
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the supplementation with calcium salt of palm oil (CSPO) in dairy cows grazing on tropical pastures. Eight rumen-cannulated cows (15 LD) will be used in a repplicated Latin square design, wherein will be measured ruminal parameters: pH, amoniacal N and short chain fatty acids. Data will be analyzed by SAS 9.4 (PROC MIXED). Significances levels will set at Pd 0.05. (AU)