Milk fatty acid profile of Bhadawari buffaloes

Abstract

In present study, milk fat samples from ten multiparous lactating Bhadawari buffalo’s of average 81 days lactation (between 20–126 days) were evaluated for fatty acid profile. The buffaloes were offered wheat straw-sorghumconcentrate mixture diet to meet their production requirement. In milk fat, twenty two fatty acids were detected which consisted of 13 saturated (SFA) and 9 unsaturated fatty acids (USFA). The milk fat contained 77.3% SFA, 21.54% monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), 1.1% poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and 1.4% unidentified. Palmictic acid (32.94), myristic acid (18.06), oleic acid (15.01), stearic acid (10.96) and lauric acid (3.78%) were the main acids and constituted more than 80% of SFA. Among SFAs, the highest concentration was of C16:0- palmictic acid (32.94) followed by C14:0-myristic acid (18.06) and C18:0-stearic acid (10.96 g/100 g). The sum of three hypercholestremic FAs (HCFAs - C12:0, C14:0 and C16:0) was 54.78 g/100 g. Among UFAs the highest concentration was of C18:1- oleic acid (15.01 g/100 g) which varied between 9.5 to 21.5 g/100g. Average concentration of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs: C4:0, C:6:0), medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs: C8:0, C10:0, C12:0), and long chain fatty acids (LCFAs: C16:0, C18:0, C16:1, C18:2) were 3.84, 7.76 and 45.77 g/100 g, respectively. Average concentration of omega-6 (Linoleic acid) and omega-3 (Linolenic acid) were 0.80 and 0.30%, respectively. Results indicated that milk fatty acid composition of Bhadawari buffaloes is comparable to other buffalo breeds