Fatty acid profile of meat and milk from Anglo Nubian goats fed different vegetable oils

• Grant number: 12/07293-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Heraldo Cesar Gonçalves
• Grantee: Heraldo Cesar Gonçalves
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Southeast region of Brazil has increased the interest in the production of goat meat and milk, promoting the market expansion. The fact that ruminant meat and milk are source of saturated fatty acids leads to an obstacle in marketing these products due to the cardiovascular deseases caused by this type of fat, considering that the modern consumer is increasingly worried about and looking for food that promotes health benefits. Thus, it's essential to establish strategies to manipulate the fatty acid profile in meat and milk.The vegetable oils, that are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, are being used in ruminant diets to increase the energy density and improve the fatty acid profile of the products. Thus, this project aims to evaluate the inclusion of soybean, sunflower and canola oils in diets of Anglo Nubian goats and kids and their effects on milk and meat production and on the fatty acid profile of these products. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

ANDRÉIA CRISTINA TONIOLO CHÁVARI; RAQUEL ORNELAS MARQUES; GIL IGNACIO LARA CAÑIZARES; EVELYN PRESTES BRITO; HELEN FERNANDA BARROS GOMES; RAQUEL VASCONCELOS LOURENÇON; PAULO ROBERTO DE LIMA MEIRELLES; HERALDO CESAR GONÇALVES. Yield, composition, and fatty acid profile of milk from Anglo Nubian goats fed a diet supplemented with vegetable oils. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOTECNIA-BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE, v. 49, 2020-12-07. (12/07293-0, 12/02988-0)