TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal weight loss effect in the hepatic fatty acid composition in Australian Merino, Damara and Dorper sheep
AU - Palma, Mariana
AU - Kilminster, Tanya
AU - Scanlon, Timothy
AU - Oldham, Chris
AU - Greeff, Johan
AU - Matzapetakis, Manolis
AU - de Almeida, André M.
N1 - Funding Information:
Animal work was supported by the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Government of Western Australia (Perth, WA, Australia) to which author AM Almeida acknowledges a visiting scientist research grant. Author M Palma acknowledges funding from FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Lisbon, Portugal) through grant SFRH/BD/85391/2012 . Author AMA acknowledges funding by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the project UIDB/04129/2020 of LEAF- Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Research Unit.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Seasonal weight loss (SWL) is one of the major limitations in small ruminant production in drought-prone regions. The study of breeds with higher tolerance to the effects of SWL is particularly important to define breed selection strategies. In this work we evaluated the effect of SWL in the hepatic fatty acids profile in three ovine breeds with different levels of tolerance: the Merino (susceptible to SWL), the Dorper (intermediate tolerant to SWL), and Damara (tolerant to SWL). Animals from each breed were divided into two experimental groups: a growth group and a restricted fed group. The more representative fatty acids in the three breeds were stearic acid, oleic acid and palmitic acid. Univariate analysis revealed interaction between breed and feed-restriction in eighteen of the total fatty acids identified. Multivariate analysis showed separation between growth and restricted animals in each of the three breeds. Variations observed in the three breeds are in general related with fatty acid mobilization from the adipose tissue. Dorper and Damara breed showed exclusive variations, related with muscular tissue maintenance and hepatic adaptations respectively. Generally, Damara and Dorper breeds performed better under nutritional restriction, in accordance with results previously obtained following other approaches.
AB - Seasonal weight loss (SWL) is one of the major limitations in small ruminant production in drought-prone regions. The study of breeds with higher tolerance to the effects of SWL is particularly important to define breed selection strategies. In this work we evaluated the effect of SWL in the hepatic fatty acids profile in three ovine breeds with different levels of tolerance: the Merino (susceptible to SWL), the Dorper (intermediate tolerant to SWL), and Damara (tolerant to SWL). Animals from each breed were divided into two experimental groups: a growth group and a restricted fed group. The more representative fatty acids in the three breeds were stearic acid, oleic acid and palmitic acid. Univariate analysis revealed interaction between breed and feed-restriction in eighteen of the total fatty acids identified. Multivariate analysis showed separation between growth and restricted animals in each of the three breeds. Variations observed in the three breeds are in general related with fatty acid mobilization from the adipose tissue. Dorper and Damara breed showed exclusive variations, related with muscular tissue maintenance and hepatic adaptations respectively. Generally, Damara and Dorper breeds performed better under nutritional restriction, in accordance with results previously obtained following other approaches.
KW - Breed selection. Metabolomics. Nutritional restriction. Ovine. Seasonal weight loss tolerance. Liver
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U2 - 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106875
DO - 10.1016/j.smallrumres.2022.106875
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143338635
SN - 0921-4488
VL - 218
JO - Small Ruminant Research
JF - Small Ruminant Research
M1 - 106875
ER -