Low Dietary N-6/n-3 PUFA Ratio Regulates Meat Quality, Reduces Triglyceride Content, and Improves Fatty Acid Composition of Meat in Heigai Pigs

Overview

Journal Animals (Basel)

Date 2020 Sep 5

PMID 32882902

Citations 22

Authors

Qiuyun Nong

Liyi Wang

Yanbing Zhou

Ye Sun

Wentao Chen

Jintang Xie

Xiaodong Zhu

Tizhong Shan

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation with different n-6/n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) ratios on growth performance, meat quality, and fatty acid profile in Heigai pigs. A total of 54 Heigai finishing pigs (body weight: 71.59 ± 2.16 kg) were randomly divided into three treatments with six replications (three pigs per replication) and fed diets containing different n-6/n-3 PUFA ratios: 8:1, 5:1, and 3:1. Pigs fed the dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio of 8:1 had the highest feed to gain ratio ( < 0.01), carcass weight ( < 0.05), redness a* ( < 0.01), and yellowness b* ( < 0.01). Fatty acid compositions in longissimus dorsi muscle (LDM) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) were significantly changed ( < 0.01). Notably, the meat from the pigs fed with the low dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio had higher n-3 PUFA contents ( < 0.01) and lower n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio ( < 0.01). The triglyceride and total cholesterol contents were significantly decreased in SAT from the pigs fed with dietary n-6/n-3 PUFA ratios of 5:1 ( < 0.05) and 3:1 ( < 0.01). Reducing n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio upregulated the expression of HSL ( < 0.05), CPT1 ( < 0.01), and FABP4 ( < 0.01) but downregulated ATGL ( < 0.01) expression. These results demonstrate that the lower n-6/n-3 PUFA ratio regulates meat quality and enhances the deposition of n-3 PUFA in Heigai pigs.

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