Effect of the addition of calcium soap to ewes’ diet on fatty acid composition of ewe milk and subcutaneous fat of suckling lambs reared on ewe milk |
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Authors: | MA Lurueña-Martínez C Palacios AM Vivar-Quintana I Revilla |
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Affiliation: | 1. Area de Tecnología de Alimentos, Universidad de Salamanca, E.P.S. de Zamora, Avda. Requejo 33, 49022 Zamora, Spain;2. Area de Producción Animal, Universidad de Salamanca, Fac. de Ciencias Agrarias y Ambientales, Avda. Filiberto Villalobos 119-129, Salamanca, Spain |
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Abstract: | The aim of this work was to study the effect of the inclusion of calcium soap (CS) in ewes’ diet on the fatty acid profile of suckling lambs. Sixty suckling lambs of three breeds (Castellana, Churra and Assaf) were divided into two equal groups. One group was fed with a diet composed of beetroot pulp, alfalfa, barley, corn, soy, cotton and 4% of CS, and the other with a control diet without CS. The fatty acid profiles of the ewe’s milk samples collected on the day before slaughter and of the lamb subcutaneous fat collected from the back of the carcasses were analysed. The addition of calcium soap to the ewe’s diet did not change the milk fatty acid profile but significantly increased SFA and decreased both the PUFA and MUFA levels of suckling lamb fat. PCA analysis revealed a good separation of the lamb samples according to the diet of the mothers, showing that diet is more important than breed in explaining sample variability. |
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Keywords: | Suckling lamb Calcium soap Ewe milk Subcutaneous fat Fatty acid composition |
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