title: Effects of blend of canola oil and palm oil on nutrient intake and digestibility, growth performance, rumen fermentation and fatty acids in goats.
abstract: The study examined the effects of blend of 80% canola oil and 20% palm oil (BCPO) on nutrient intake and digestibility, growth performance, rumen fermentation and fatty acids (FA) in goats. Twenty-four Boer bucks were randomly assigned to diets containing 0, 4 and 8% BCPO on a dry matter basis, fed for 100 days and slaughtered. Diet did not affect feed efficiency, growth performance, intake and digestibility of all nutrients except ether extract. Intakes and digestibilities of ether extract, unsaturated fatty acids (FA) and total FA were higher (P < 0.05) while digestibility of C18:0 was lower (P < 0.05) in oil-fed goats than the control goats. Total volatile FA, acetate, butyrate, acetate/propionate ratio and methane decreased (P < 0.05) with increasing BCPO but propionate, NH3 -N and rumen pH did not differ between diets. Ruminal concentration of C18:0, n-3 FA and total FA increased (P < 0.05) while C12:0, C14:0, C15:0 and n-6 FA decreased with increasing BCPO. Analysis of the FA composition of Triceps brachii muscle showed that concentrations of C16:0, C14:0 and C18:2n-6 were lower (P < 0.05) while C18:1n-9, C18:3n-3 and C20:5n-3 were higher in oil-fed goats compared with control goats. Dietary BCPO altered muscle lipids without having detrimental effects on nutrient intake and digestibility and growth performance in goats.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.|Department of Animal Production, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Kazeem Dauda
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Adeyemi
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.|Halal Products Research Institute.|Animal Production Laboratory, Institute of Tropical Agriculture.
authors.forename: Awis Qurni
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Sazili
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebrahimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.
authors.forename: Anjas Asmara
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Samsudin
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.
authors.forename: Abd Rasak
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Alimon
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Roselina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Saiful Anuar
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Karsani
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture.|Department of Animal Resource, University of Salahaddin, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
authors.forename: Azad Behnan
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sabow
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet / Q000662:veterinary*; D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004063:Digestion; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D005285:Fermentation; D006041:Goats / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D012417:Rumen / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004042:Dietary Fats, Unsaturated; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D000073878:Palm Oil
keywords: Triceps brachii; digestibility; fatty acid; goat; rumen fermentation