ORIGINAL PAPER
Relationships between intake of PUFA n-3 fatty
acids and their quantitative content in the carcass
tissues of pigs
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The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Department of Protein and Energy Metabolism,
05-110 Jabłonna, Poland
Publication date: 2012-11-15
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G. Skiba
The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Department of Protein and Energy Metabolism,
05-110 Jabłonna, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2012;21(4):648-660
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ABSTRACT
The mathematical relation between intake of C18:3 n-3 (linolenic acid, ALA), 20:5 n-3
(eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA), and 22:6 n-3 (docosahexaenoic acid, DHA) acids and their content in
the Musculus longissimus dorsi (MLD) and backfat (BF) of pigs growing from 60 to 105 kg body
weight (BW) was investigated. At 60 kg BW, 32 crossbred pigs were allotted to 4 diets/groups (A, B,
C, and D, respectively) and fed isoenergetic and isoprotein diets, where 10% of metabolizable energy
was replaced by fat mixtures for a total of 3.5% per kg diet. All feeds had a similar amount of C18:2
n-6 (linoleic acid, LA), but due to the composition of the particular fat mixtures, differed in the amounts
of ALA, EPA, and DHA. The ratio of Ʃn-6/Ʃn-3 was 3.87, 4.80, 1.77, and 2.20 in diets A, B, C, and D,
respectively. Growth and carcass performance, intramuscular fat, and MUFA and SFA contents in both
investigated tissues did not differ among groups. The ALA content (g/100 g tissue) and LA:ALA ratio
in the MLD and BF of group B pigs differed (P<0.01) from the remaining groups. The EPA and DHA
contents in the MLD did not differ among groups, but the BF was lower (P<0.01) in A and D compared
with B and C pigs. Relationships between ALA intake and its content in BF was stronger than in the
MLD and the coefficients of regression (‘b’) and correlation (‘r’) were : b=0.127 and r=0.85 for BF, and
b=0.002 and r=0.59 for MLD. For the remaining long-chain n-3 PUFA, a linear relationship between
their intake and tissue concentration was found only in BF, where the coefficients of regression and
correlation ranged from: b=0.035 and r=0.64 for EPA and b=0.089 to r=0.89 for DHA.
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