Acceleration of reflex maturation and physical development in suckling rats: effects of a maternal diet containing lipids from goat milk.

• Autor(a) principal: SOARES, J. K. B.
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: QUEIROGA, R. de C. R. do E., BOMFIM, M. A. D., PESSOA, D. C. N. de P., BARBOSA, E. de A., SOUZA, D. L., CABRAL-FILHO, J. E., MEDEIROS, M. do C.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1005386
• topic: Maternal nutritional; Dosage effects; Plant oils; Fats; Leite de cabra; Caprino; Aleitamento; Lactação; Óleo vegetal; Soja; Dieta; Gordura; Prenhez; Coco; Cérebro; Ganho de peso; Goat milk; Goats; Rats; Weight; Suckling; Linoleic acid; Lactation; Drugs; Pregnancy; Soybean oil; Coconut oil; Brain; conjugated linoleic acid

Objective: To investigate the effects of lipids from goat milk containing conjugated linoleic acids on body weight and reflex ontogeny of neonatal rats treated during the prenatal and suckling periods. Methods: Three groups were studied: soybean oil (S), coconut oil (C), and goat milk lipids (GM). Reflex maturation (palm grasp, righting reflex, cliff avoidance, vibrissae placing, negative geotaxis, auditory startle, and free-fall righting) as well as body weight evolution were recorded during lactation. Results: Data demonstrated that the lipids from goat milk accelerated body weight evolution as well as all the reflex maturation investigated (P < 0.05). Discussion: The supply of goat?s milk offered to Wistar rats during pregnancy and lactation provided a variety of fatty acids necessary to accelerate the development of offspring.