Dietary fatty acid intervention of lactating cows simultaneously affects lipid profiles of meat and milk |
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Authors: | Joaquin Angulo Beate Hiller Martha Olivera Liliana Mahecha Dirk Dannenberger Gerd Nuernberg Bernd Losand Karin Nuernberg |
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Affiliation: | 1. Group Biogenesis, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Antioquia, AA 1226 Medellin, Colombia;2. Research Unit of Muscle Biology and Growth, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, D‐18196 Dummerstorf, Germany;3. Group Grica, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Antioquia, AA 1226 Medellin, Colombia;4. Research Unit of Genetics and Biometry, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology, D‐18196 Dummerstorf, Germany;5. State Institute for Agriculture and Fishing Research, Institute for Animal Production, D‐18196 Dummerstorf, Germany |
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Abstract: | BACKGROUND: The present study investigated tissue‐specific responses of muscle and mammary gland to a 10 week intervention of German Holstein cows (n = 18) with three different dietary fat supplements (saturated fat; linseed oil or sunflower oil plus docosahexaenoic acid‐rich algae) by analysing fatty acid profiles and quality parameters of meat and milk. RESULTS: Plant oil/algae intervention affected neither fat content nor quality parameters of meat but decreased fat content and saturated fatty acid amounts of milk. Linseed oil/algae intervention caused significantly higher concentrations of C18:3n‐3 (meat, 1.0 g per 100 g; milk, 1.2 g per 100 g) and C22:6n‐3 (meat, 0.3 g per 100 g; milk, 0.14 g per 100 g). Sunflower oil/algae intervention increased n‐6 fatty acid contents in milk (4.0 g per 100 g) but not in meat. Elevated amounts of C18:1trans isomers and C18:1trans‐11 were found in meat and especially in milk of plant oil/algae‐fed cows. C18:1cis‐9 amounts were found to be increased in milk but decreased in meat after plant oil/algae intervention. CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that dietary fatty acid manipulation substantially shifted the fatty acid profiles of milk and to a lesser extent of meat, whereas meat quality traits were not affected. Indications of tissue‐specific responses of mammary gland and muscle were identified. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry |
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Keywords: | dietary fat fatty acid profile meat milk cows |
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