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Pasture finishing enhances levels of conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) in beef lipids (Shanta et al. 1997). CLA (e.g., C18:2 c9, t11), formed during biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the rumen, can reduce the incidence of heart disease, cancer and obesity in humans. However, pasture finishing cattle can reduce carcass grade. Feeding pasture-fed cattle a high-grain diet for a short finishing period (~60 d) improves grades but may reduce lipid CLA levels. A feeding regime is required that maintains the positive nutritional attributes of pasture-fed beef and improves the meat grade. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of adding sunflower seeds (SFS), a good source of PUFA (Mir et al. 2000), or carnitine, a vitamin-like compound shown to increase fat deposition and marbling in cattle, to finishing diets of pasture-fed cattle on lipid fatty acid profiles (FAP).

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Effect of Feeding L-Carnitine and Sunflower Seeds on CLA Content of Pasture-Fed Beef

Pasture finishing enhances levels of conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) in beef lipids (Shanta et al. 1997). CLA (e.g., C18:2 c9, t11), formed during biohydrogenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the rumen, can reduce the incidence of heart disease, cancer and obesity in humans. However, pasture finishing cattle can reduce carcass grade. Feeding pasture-fed cattle a high-grain diet for a short finishing period (~60 d) improves grades but may reduce lipid CLA levels. A feeding regime is required that maintains the positive nutritional attributes of pasture-fed beef and improves the meat grade. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of adding sunflower seeds (SFS), a good source of PUFA (Mir et al. 2000), or carnitine, a vitamin-like compound shown to increase fat deposition and marbling in cattle, to finishing diets of pasture-fed cattle on lipid fatty acid profiles (FAP).