Fatty acid composition of backfat during frozen storage in pigs fed vitamin E supplemented diet
2014
Popova T.
The changesinthefattyacidcompositionofthebackfatwerestudiedin ♀Younax ♂Pietrain pigs.Theanimalsweredividedintwogroups(vitaminE supplemented and control) and after slaughter, samples of the inner and outer backfat layers were taken, frozen and stored for a period of 6 months. Fatty acid composition was analysed in fresh backfat samples and after frozen storage of 3 and 6 months. The content of the major saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids differed significantly between the two layers of the backfat in both groups. In the inner layer we observed significantly higher proportion of C16:0 (P
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