TY - JOUR N2 - Fatty acids are very important biological substances due to their metabolic, structural and signal- ing functions. Omega-3 has different beneficial, harmful and neutral effects on adipokines. Adi- pokines have autocrine, paracrine and endocrine effects on metabolism. In the study 54 German Fawn x Hair crossbred goats were synchronized using intravaginal sponges. During the first pe- riod (mating-75 days), all animals were fed a diet supplemented with protected fat and during the second period of pregnancy (76 days-kidding), one of the groups was fed a diet supplemented with fish oil and other was fed a diet supplemented with protected fat. Serum leptin, ghrelin, adi- ponektin and omentin levels were measured by ELISA system. Distributed fed (roughage and concentrate) were sampled and dry matter, crude protein, fat, and ash were determined by AOAC (1988) analysis methods. The Acid Detergent Fiber (ADF) and Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) analysis were conducted using heat stable α-amylase and sodium sulphite. Fat source (fish oil or protected fat) affected feed consumption and the highest feed consumption was found in the group fed with protected oil first half of the pregnancy and with fish oil in the second half of the pregnancy and in the fish oil group during the pregnancy. It was determined that the use of fish oil during pregnancy did not affect ghrelin, leptin and omentin concentrations in serum. Adipokine levels of fish oil fed animals during any period of pregnancy were found to be high and it was also found that serum adiponectin levels in goats fed with diet containing fish oil in the first half of pregnancy and protected fat in the second half were statistically significantly high in adipokines. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110888/PDF/03.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/110888 PY - 2019 IS - No 2 EP - 213–220 DO - 10.24425/pjvs.2019.127088 KW - fish oil KW - adipokine KW - does KW - gestation A1 - Öztabak, K. A1 - Serbester, U. A1 - Esen Gürsel, F. A1 - Akış, I. A1 - Ateş, A. A1 - Yardibi, H. A1 - Atmaca, G. A1 - Koluman, N. PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Veterinary Sciences PB - University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn VL - vol.22 DA - 2019.07.01 T1 - Effect of fish oil on performance and serum adipokine levels of dairydoes during gestation period SP - 213–220 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/110888 T2 - Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences ER -