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  • Title: Developmental changes in composition of rat milk: trace elements, minerals, protein, carbohydrate and fat.
    Author: Keen CL, Lönnerdal B, Clegg M, Hurley LS.
    Journal: J Nutr; 1981 Feb; 111(2):226-36. PubMed ID: 7463167.
    Abstract:
    The concentrations of iron, copper, zinc, manganese, calcium and magnesium, as well as protein, carbohydrate and fat, were analyzed in rat milk during the course of lactation in rats fed a purified diet. As serial milking has been demonstrated to affect milk composition (1), lactating rats were milked only once at various times from days 0 to 28 after parturition. Concentration of iron decreased rapidly from 9 to 5 micrograms/ml during the 1st week of lactation and changed little thereafter. Similarly, copper concentration decreased considerably in early lactation, from 9 to 2 micrograms/ml, but then remained constant. Zinc concentration did not decrease during the 1st week of lactation, but dropped from 14 micrograms/ml in the 2nd week of lactation to 8-10 micrograms/ml in mature milk. Manganese was unique as its concentration decreased during the early days of lactation, from 0.3 to 0.1 microgram/ml, with a subsequent rise in late lactation back to 0.3 microgram/ml. Calcium and magnesium concentrations increased somewhat in early lactation and decreased slightly in later lactation, but the changes were fairly small as compared to the trace elements. Developmental patterns for protein, carbohydrate and fat were not very pronounced, although protein and carbohydrate increased somewhat in early lactation and later decreased. These data demonstrate that the nutrient intake of the suckling changes markedly during the early neonatal period. These changes should be taken into account in evaluating data on the trace element composition of tissues of suckling rats.
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