Study of the lymphocyte proliferation of neonate foals from mares supplemented with linseed oil and soybean oil

Effects of dietary fish oil and alpha‐tocopherol supplementation on selected blood parameters and fatty acid profiles in mares and their foals

“…Adding n‐3 fatty acids, in particular from fish oil, to the ration of 1‐year‐old foals was shown to increase the levels of PUFAs, EPA and DHA in plasma and erythrocytes (Vineyard, Warren, & Kivipelto, 2009), and plasma DHA concentrations were increased in 2 years old by feeding n‐3 fatty acids but not a n‐6‐rich corn oil (Woodward et al., 2007). In a study evaluating the effects of n‐3 and n‐6 fatty acids on lymphoproliferative activity against Rhodococcus equi surface proteins (APTX) in pregnant mares, linseed oil (a good n‐3 source) supplementation, but not soybean oil (rich in n‐6), was found to increase the activity of foal peripheral mononuclear blood cells against APTX in seven‐day‐old foals (Gobesso et al., 2012). In another study, 8.84 g/day EPA and 10.43 g/day DHA supplementation of mares 60 days prior to expected foaling day resulted in an increase in the n‐3 fatty acid profile of milk, mare and foal plasma (Kouba, Burns, & Webel, 2019).…”