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Can the fatty acid composition of grass-fed sheep be maintained in a creep feed system?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2017
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It is the practise for some farmers to supplement new season lambs with concentrates, often as a creep feed, in order to get them to market early before the price declines. This concentrate is usually based on cereals and would be high in n-6 fatty acids, diluting the beneficial effect of grass grazing which promotes the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content in the meat (Fisher et al., 2000). The purpose of this trial was to assess the addition of linseed to the concentrate, fed in a creep-feed system, which would maintain or enhance the n-3 fatty acid composition of the meat of animals fed concentrates at grass during the finishing period (Cooper et al., 2004).
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Fisher, A.V., Enser, M., Richardson, R.I., Wood, J.D., Nute, G.R., Kurt, E., Sinclair, L.A. and Wilkinson, R.G.
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Cooper, S.L., Sinclair, L. A., Wilkinson, R. G., Hallett, K. G., Enser, M. and Wood, J. D, 2004, Journal of Animal Science, 82, 1461–1470.CrossRefGoogle Scholar