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Tissue fatty acid composition of pigs fed different fat sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2008

P. Duran-Montgé ,
C. E. Realini ,
A. C. Barroeta ,
R. Lizardo  and
E. Esteve-Garcia
P. Duran-Montgé
Affiliation:
CENTA, IRTA Building A – Finca Camps i Armet E-17121 Monells, Girona, Spain
C. E. Realini
Affiliation:
IRTA, Centre de Tecnologia de la Carn, Building B – Finca Camps i Armet E-17121 Monells, Girona, Spain
A. C. Barroeta
Affiliation:
Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
R. Lizardo
Affiliation:
IRTA, Mas de Bover, Ctra. de Reus-El Morell km. 3, 8 E-43120 Constantí, Tarragona, Spain
E. Esteve-Garcia*
Affiliation:
IRTA, Mas de Bover, Ctra. de Reus-El Morell km. 3, 8 E-43120 Constantí, Tarragona, Spain
*
E-mail: enric.esteve@irta.es
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Abstract

Dietary fat influences the physico-chemical properties of meat, and fatty acid (FA) composition may have implications on human health. The objectives of the experiment were to study tissue FA partitioning and the effect of dietary fat source on tissue FA composition. Seventy crossbred gilts (61.8 ± 5.2 kg BW average) were fed one of seven treatments: a diet containing a very low level of fat (no fat (NF)) and six fat-supplemented diets (10%: tallow (T), high-oleic sunflower oil (HOSF), sunflower oil (SFO), linseed oil (LO), fat blend (FB: 55% tallow, 35% SFO, 10% LO) and fish oil blend (FO: 40% fish oil, 60% LO). Differential tissue FA depositions were observed, with flare fat being the most saturated, followed by intermuscular, and subcutaneous being the least saturated. Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA) deposition showed an opposite tissue pattern. Subcutaneous fat showed the highest MUFAs, intermuscular fat showed intermediate values and flare fat showed the lowest MUFAs. Intramuscular polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content was less susceptible to dietary treatment modifications compared with other depots. Significant tissue FA modifications were observed due to dietary treatments, mainly in diets rich in PUFA. The saturated fatty acids (SFA) were high in NF-fed and low in HOSF-fed animals, MUFA were high in HOSF-fed and low in SFO-, LO- and FO-fed animals, while PUFA were high in SFO- and LO-fed and low in HOSF-, T- and NF-fed animals. Pigs fed LO and FB showed detectable levels of EPA, which depended on the linolenic content of the diet. The only effective way to increase tissue DHA contents was to add DHA in the diet through FO feeding. Araquidonic acid was high in SFO diets and low in LO and FB diets, and also high in intramuscular fat compared with other tissues. EPA and DHA were also high in intramuscular fat compared with other fat depots. The deposition of oleic and linoleic acids depended on the composition of dietary fat, as their deposition varied between diets, even at similar levels of intake of each FA. The NF diet resulted in the greatest proportion of SFAs (palmitic and stearic) of all treatments tested. SFAs were less susceptible to modification than MUFA in response to the different PUFA levels supplemented in the diet. T resulted in less fat deposition in some of the fat depots and more in others, suggesting that T could partition fat differently among fat depots.

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dietary fatfatty acid compositionpigtissue
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animal , Volume 2 , Issue 12 , December 2008 , pp. 1753 - 1762
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2008

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