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Pregnant jennies and maintenance jennies (during the first 10-week measurement period) fed a diet consisted of ad libitum grass hay (diet 1); lactating jennies and maintenance jennies (during the last 10-week measurement period) fed ad libitum grass hay plus 2 kg\/head\/day of concentrate (diet 2). Blood sampling was performed on the jennies of both groups; individual milk samples were also collected during the first 70 days in milk. Higher blood NEFA (p &lt; 0.05) were found in pregnant compared to maintenance jennies (diet 1) (68 vs. 37 \u03bcmol\/L). Lactating jennies showed higher (p &lt; 0.01) average blood NEFA (268 vs. 26 \u03bcmol\/L) and glucose (66 vs. 55 mg\/dL) compared to the maintenance (diet 2). Blood glucose was positively correlated to milk fat (p &lt; 0.05), while negative significant correlations between de novo milk fatty acids and NEFAs were observed. 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