ORIGINAL PAPER
Dietary linseed oil and selenate affect the
concentration of fatty acids and selenium in the
spleen, pancreas, and kidneys of lambs
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The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences,
05-110 Jabłonna, Poland
Publication date: 2012-06-18
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M. Czauderna
The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences,
05-110 Jabłonna, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2012;21(2):285-301
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ABSTRACT
The purpose of the investigation was to determine the short-term influence of the addition
of linseed oil (LO) and Se as selenate (SeVI) on the concentration of fatty acids (FA), especially
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers, in the spleen, pancreas, and kidneys of lambs. The
experiment was carried out on 20 lambs (25±2 kg) allotted to 4 groups of 5 animals each. For 35 days
the lambs were fed a basal diet composed of concentrate and hay (control group; C) or supplemented
with: 5% linseed oil (group LO), 2 ppm Se as SeVI (group SE); combined addition of LO and SeVI
(group LOSE). The results showed that short-term feeding of lambs with the diet enriched with LO,
irrespective of the presence of SeVI, increased body weight gain and feed conversion efficiency
compared with the control and SE groups. Feeding LO and SeVI most effectively stimulated the
accumulation of Se in the spleen and pancreas. The diet with LO most efficiently increased the level
of cis9trans11CLA (c9t11CLA), the sum of ct/tcCLA, ttCLA, all CLA isomers, and FA containing
conjugated double bonds in the spleen and pancreas. The c9t11CLA/t10c12CLA ratio was highest
in all assayed organs of lambs fed the diet with SeVI. The diet with LO, irrespective of the presence
of SeVI, increased the concentration sum of monounsaturated FA and all FA in all organs compared
with the C and SE groups. The LO and LOSE treatments decreased the values of the atherogenic
and thrombogenic indexes in the spleen and pancreas compared with the control and SE groups and
increased the concentration of polyunsaturated FA in all organs as compared with the same groups.
Feeding lambs the diet enriched in LO or SeVI increased the value of the Δ9-desaturase index in the
pancreas compared with the control and LOSE groups, while decreased values of this index were
found in the spleen and kidneys of lambs fed the LO, SE, or LOSE diet. Our results of feeding diets
with LO and SeVI constitute useful information for nutritionists carrying out further investigations
to improve performance and the nutritional quality of feed for ruminants.
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