[Effect of lipid-inhibiting animal feed containing acetate-mineral additives on choline metabolism in the ruminant stomach and intestines].

Feeding of cows with hay-concentrate ration in the form of granules less than 0.8 cm in size suppresses fat production in mammal glands. The process of making granules decreases the amount of choline in the food. Irrespective of the choline amount in ration its contents in the paunch is constant. During evacuation from the stomach into intestine two thirds of the paunch choline is destroyed. Feeding of the cows with granulated food alone decreases synthesis and excretion of choline whereas acetate-mineral additions restore its level as well as the amount of fat in milk of the cows.