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Triticale Dried Distillers' Grain Increases Alpha‐Linolenic Acid in Subcutaneous Fat of Beef Cattle Fed Oilseeds
Author(s) -
He M. L.,
Sultana H.,
Oba M.,
Kastelic J. P.,
Dugan M. E. R.,
McKin J. J.,
McAllister T. A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/s11745-012-3720-z
Subject(s) - distillers grains , conjugated linoleic acid , chemistry , triticale , food science , fatty acid , canola , linolenic acid , silage , sunflower seed , zoology , linoleic acid , sunflower , biology , agronomy , biochemistry
Abstract This study investigated the effect of triticale dried distillers' grain with solubles (DDGS), flax (FS) and sunflower (SS) seed on growth and the fatty acid profile of subcutaneous (SQ) fat in individually housed steers ( n = 15 per diet) fed ad libitum (DM basis); (1) control (CON) 90 % barley grain + 10 % barley silage; or substitution of barley grain for: (2) 30 % DDGS; (3) 10 % FS; (4) 30 % DDGS + 8.5 % FS; (5) 10 % SS and (6) 30 % DDGS + 8.5 % SS. Oilseeds in the combination diets were reduced to maintain diet lipid levels below 9 % DM and to determine if favorable changes in the fatty acid profile could be maintained or enhanced at reduced levels of oilseed. Plasma and SQ fat biopsies were collected at 0, 6, and 12 weeks. Inclusion of DDGS decreased ( P < 0.05) average daily gain, feed conversion and backfat thickness. Feeding FS increased ( P < 0.05) plasma ALA compared to CON and SS and consistently increased ( P < 0.01) ALA and non‐conjugated and non‐methylene interrupted dienes (NCD), whereas SS tended to decrease ALA in fat. Inclusion of DDGS with FS further increased ( P < 0.02) ALA and decreased ( P < 0.05) NCD and 18:1‐ t 10 in fat. The fact that the levels of n‐3 fatty acids in SQ fat from steers fed DDGS + FS were higher than those obtained with FS alone, has obvious benefits to the practical cost of favorably manipulating fatty acid profiles in beef.