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Title: Inclusion of Sainfoin in the Concentrate of Finishing Lambs: Fatty Acid Profiles of Rumen, Plasma, and Muscle
Authors: Baila Bigne, Claudia
Joy Torrens, Margalida
Bertolín Pardos, Juan Ramón
Alves, Susana
Bessa, Rui
Blanco Alibés, Mireia
Lobón Ascaso, Sandra
Issue Date: 2023
Citation: Baila, C., Joy, M., Bertolín, J. R., Alves, S., Bessa, R., Blanco, M., & Lobón, S. (2023). Inclusion of Sainfoin in the Concentrate of Finishing Lambs: Fatty Acid Profiles of Rumen, Plasma, and Muscle. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry, 2023.
Abstract: The effects of sainfoin inclusion (Onobrychis viciifolia) in the finishing concentrate for light lambs on the fatty acid (FA) composition of the ruminal digesta, plasma, and meat were evaluated. Twenty-six weaned male lambs were divided into three groups and fed individually ad libitum for 40 days with one of three concentrates differing in the level of sainfoin inclusion: 0% (0SF), 20% (20SF), and 40% (40SF). The rumen digesta showed an increase in C18:3 n-3 concentration and a decrease in C18:1 t10 concentration when sainfoin was included in the concentrate regardless of the level of inclusion. However, the highest C18:1 t11 and the lowest C18:2 n-6 proportions were obtained only in the 40SF rumen, showing a stronger t11 biohydrogenation pathway. In plasma, most effects were associated with changes in the levels of polyunsaturated FA (PUFA) n-3. The meat FA profile of 40SF lambs presented higher percentages of PUFA n-3 and CLA c9,t11 and a lower PUFA n-6/PUFA n-3 ratio compared with those from 0SF and 20SF diets because of the potentiation of the ruminal t11 pathway. Inclusions of 20 and 40% sainfoin both showed beneficial effects on meat quality; furthermore, these effects were most marked in the 40% sainfoin diet.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10532/6733
Related document: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.3c05902
ISSN: 00218561
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
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