Influence of dietary forages on the fatty acid profile of rumen digesta,milk and meat

摘要

Forage feeding increases the n‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) content in milk and meat.In particular,clover and botanically diverse forages have the potential to improve the milk and intramuscular (IM) fatty acid (FA) profile in terms of human nutritional recommendations (Louren毕o et al.,2007).Here, we intend to integrate literature results on milk and IM FA of dairy cows or lambs fed leguminuous rich or botanically diverse forages as compared to forage products from more intensively managed grasslands.Information on rumen FA is used to suggest potential explanations for differences in FA end product composition.