Italian Journal of Animal Science (Jan 2010)

Effects of different fat-enriched concentrates on fatty acid profile of cheese from grazing dairy sheep

  • Giovanni Molle,
  • Antonello Cannas,
  • Edmondo Costa,
  • Maria Sitzia,
  • Antonio Pirisi,
  • Marco Acciaro,
  • Simona Spada,
  • Mauro Decandia,
  • Andrea Cabiddu,
  • Margherita Addis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2009.s2.378
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 2s
pp. 378 – 380

Abstract

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A trial on different fatty acid supplementation was run in grazing dairy sheep. Forty-eight lactating Sarda ewes were randomly allocated to four homogeneous groups: PAS, control group grazing for 22h/d without supplementation; NOF, group supplemented with a cereal based non-fat enriched concentrate; C182, group supplemented with a concentrate rich in sunflower seeds; and C183, group supplemented with a concentrate rich in linseeds. The results showed that the concentrates, based on oilseeds from both sunflower and linseed sources determined high C18:1 t11 and CLA c9 t11 cheese fat content. Moreover linseeds supplementation improved the concentration in the cheese of other beneficial fatty acids such as LN and PUFAω3.

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