Effects of dietary n-6: n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid ratios on meat quality, carcass characteristics, tissue fatty acid profiles, and expression of lipogenic genes in growing goats.

The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of altering the ratio of n-6 to n-3 fatty acids in the diet on meat quality, fatty acid composition of muscle, and expression of lipogenic genes in the muscle of Boer goats. A total of twenty-one Boer goats (5 months old; 31.66±1.07 kg body...

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Main Authors: Mahdi Ebrahimi, Mohamed Ali Rajion, Saeid Jafari, Mohammad Faseleh Jahromi, Ehsan Oskoueian, Awis Qurni Sazili, Yong Meng Goh, Morteza Hosseini Ghaffari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6070181?pdf=render