Track 1-10: Assessment and Impact of Grass and Forage Quality
Publication Date
2013
Location
Sydney, Australia
Description
Ruminant milk and meat are a source of CLA and omega-3 in the human diet and these fatty acids (FAs) have a beneficial effect on human health (Mcguire and Mcguire 2000). The increase in CLA and omega-3 in ruminant products is mainly related to proportion of C18:2 and C18:3 in the animal feed, like forage and to incomplete ruminal biohydrogenation (Bauman et al. 2000). Evaluation of FAs have been performed in temperate forage pastures, without the interaction of animal grazing, and presenting samples collected at ground level and at fixed re-growth intervals or seasons as the main sampling criteria. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the proportion of fatty acid in strata of elephant grass cv. Pioneiro with different grazing heights.
Citation
Dias, Kamila M.; Rodolfo, Giselle R.; Schmitt, Daniel; Pereira, Raphael S.; Camargo, Guilherme N.; Deschamps, Francisco C.; and Sbrissia, André F., "Fatty Acid Profile of Elephant Grass Pastures with Different Grazing Heights" (2013). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 31.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/22/1-10/31)
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Fatty Acid Profile of Elephant Grass Pastures with Different Grazing Heights
Sydney, Australia
Ruminant milk and meat are a source of CLA and omega-3 in the human diet and these fatty acids (FAs) have a beneficial effect on human health (Mcguire and Mcguire 2000). The increase in CLA and omega-3 in ruminant products is mainly related to proportion of C18:2 and C18:3 in the animal feed, like forage and to incomplete ruminal biohydrogenation (Bauman et al. 2000). Evaluation of FAs have been performed in temperate forage pastures, without the interaction of animal grazing, and presenting samples collected at ground level and at fixed re-growth intervals or seasons as the main sampling criteria. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the proportion of fatty acid in strata of elephant grass cv. Pioneiro with different grazing heights.
