a total of 700 day old female broiler chicks (ross 308) were distributed into seven groupsin acompletely randomized designwith five replicates, and 20 chicks in each replicate. dietary treatments, timeof the switch from an unsaturated sunflower oil (sfo) to a saturated tallow (t)dietary fat source, were: 1) sfo for the entire growth period (6 weeks), 2) sfo for 5 weeks followed byt for last wee...

The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of slaughter and carcass weight, age at slaughter and sex on the fatty acid profile of the Greek Boutsiko sheep breed. Twenty lambs (ten females and ten males) were examined. The lambs were slaughtered at the age of 48 days. Carcasses were chopped in nine specific cuts and a random sample of 100 g was taken from each cut, with a total of 180...

the aim of the present study was to assess the effect of slaughter and carcass weight, age at slaughter and sex on the fatty acid profile of the greek boutsiko sheep breed. twenty lambs (ten females and ten males) were examined. the lambs were slaughtered at the age of 48 days. carcasses were chopped in nine specific cuts and a random sample of 100 g was taken from each cut, with a total of 180...

little scientific information is available that has evaluated safflower (carthamus tinctorius) cake as a substitute to conventional ingredients in small ruminants diet. the objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of feeding safflower cake in total mixed rations (tmrs) on lamb and kid growth rates, carcass traits and meat fatty acid composition. two consecutive trials were conducted us...

Little scientific information is available that has evaluated safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) cake as a substitute to conventional ingredients in small ruminants diet. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of feeding safflower cake in total mixed rations (TMRs) on lamb and kid growth rates, carcass traits and meat fatty acid composition. Two consecutive trials were conducted us...

Quality of pork depends on genotype, rearing and pre- and post-slaughter conditions. However, no information is available on rearing system changes and oleic acid supplementation on carcass characteristics and fatty acid (FA) profile of pork from the Alentejano (AL) pig, an obese breed. This study evaluates the effects of feeding low (LO) or high oleic acid diets (HO) to AL pigs reared in indiv...

The study was designed to evaluate the effect of 2% seamustard (Undaria pinnatifida) by-product (SW) on growth performance, immunity, carcass characteristics, cholesterol content and fatty acid profile in Hanwoo steers. A total of 20 Hanwoo steers (ave. 22 months old; 619 kg body weight) were randomly assigned to control (basal diet) and 2% SW supplemented diet. Dietary SW supplementation signi...

Increasing the total lipid concentration and modifying the fatty acid profile in forage may increase energy intake and productivity of animals and improve the attributes of meat and milk for human health. To predict the outcome of modifying these traits in ryegrass, 3 groups of weaned lambs (n=15 per treatment) grazed ryegrass (4% total lipid) and received twice-daily oral doses of oil at 0, 28...

The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of feeding rapeseed (27%, DM basis) and sunflower biodiesel by-products as protein supplements on fatty acid composition (FA), profile (ratios and indices),enzyme activitiesfrom thecarcassin lambs fed cereal-based diets. Simultaneously, itwas examined the relationship between ingested FA and carcass FA. Samples were obtaine dfrommal efa...