title: Fatty acid profile of hind leg muscle in female and male nutria (Myocastor coypus Mol.), fed green forage diet.
abstract: The study describes the profile of fatty acids in hind leg muscle of 18 female and 12 male nutria reared on an extensive system farm in eastern Poland with a diet based on fresh forage. When compared to results from nutrias from an intensive production system from the literature, the forage-fed animals had lower proportions of saturated fatty acids, and higher proportions of n3-fatty acids in their muscle tissue; in particular, n6:n3-fatty acid ratios were lower (2.6-3.0) in forage-fed animals compared to intensively reared animals (16.8-28.9). These findings underline that using forage-based diets is feasible in nutrias, and an economic way to improve the fatty acid composition of their meat.
authors.affiliation: Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. robert_glogowski@sggw.pl
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Głogowski
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czauderna
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozbicka
authors.forename: Katarzyna A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Krajewska
authors.forename: Marcus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Clauss
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3 / Q000032:analysis*; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6 / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D019684:Magnoliopsida; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000592:standards; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000737:chemistry*; D006109:Poaceae; D011044:Poland; D012377:Rodentia; D032322:Solanum; D029921:Trifolium
chemical_list: D015525:Fatty Acids, Omega-3; D043371:Fatty Acids, Omega-6