Abstract
The effects of feeding different dietary levels of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and total oil (TO) were evaluated using 216 barrows fed from 36 to 115 kg body weight. A 3 × 2 factorial design was used with three levels of dietary CLA (0, 0.25, and 0.5%), two levels of dietary TO (2 and 5% made up with canola oil) and 12 pens of three barrows fed per diet. Pigs on all diets gained weight at the same rate from 0 to 4 wk (36 to 61 kg) and from 4 wk to slaughter (61 kg to 115 kg) (P > 0.05). Pigs fed 5% versus 2% TO had 6.6% lower feed intake from 0 to 4 wk (P = 0.02) and 5.9% lower feed intake from 4 wk to slaughter (P < 0.003), while feeding CLA had no effect on feed intake (P = 0.70). A CLA by TO interaction for feed intake was not found for 0 to 4 wk but from 4 wk to slaughter a tendency for an interaction (P = 0.06) was found indicating 0.25% CLA may depress feed intake at 2% TO while stimulating intake at 5% TO. Increasing TO and CLA increased the lean content in commercial cuts by 1.6% (P = 0.06) and 2.7% (P = 0.008), respectively. A CLA by TO interaction (P = 0.012), however, indicated CLA was less effective at increasing lean when added to 5% TO diets than to 2% TO diets, with pigs fed the 0% CLA/2% TO diet yielding 5% less lean than pigs fed any of the other diets (P < 0.05). Interestingly, a main effect for TO was not found for subcutaneous fat (SCF), but adding CLA reduced SCF (6.6%; P = 0.002). Again, a CLA by TO interaction (P = 0.008) indicated adding CLA was less effective at reducing SCF in 5% TO than 2% TO diets, with pigs fed the 0% CLA/2% TO diet having 9.7% more SCF than pigs fed any of the other diets (P < 0.05). The difference in effectiveness of CLA at different TO levels might be due to dilution of CLA by canola oil fatty acids and/or canola oil having fat to lean repartitioning effects of its own. A comparison of fats and oils with differing chain lengths and degrees of saturation would, therefore, be of interest to further define their potential differential effects on growth and metabolism. Key words: Pig, pork, swine, conjugated linoleic acid, CLA, canola oil
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