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Effect of Duodenal Administration of Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids on Composition of Ruminant Depot Fat

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ALTHOUGH linolenic acid is the main fatty acid of pasture lipids, the fats of pasture-fed ruminants contain little if any of this constituent1. Also, feeding large quantities of highly unsaturated oils to ruminants has had no perceptible effect on the unsaturation of their depot fats2. Various workers3–5 have shown that micro-organisms in the rumen hydrogenate dietary unsaturated fatty acids, and this has been presumed to explain the low content of highly unsaturated fatty acids in the depot fats of ruminants.

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OGILVIE, B., McCLYMONT, G. & SHORLAND, F. Effect of Duodenal Administration of Highly Unsaturated Fatty Acids on Composition of Ruminant Depot Fat. Nature 190, 725–726 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190725a0

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