title: Raufutter als Alleinfutter für Kaninchen – Auswirkungen auf das  Fettsäurenmuster des Fleisches
creator: Meier, Janina S.
creator: Leiber, Florian
creator: Burger, Bettina
creator: Wettstein, Hans-Rudolf
creator: Hatt, Jean-Michel
creator: Clauss, Marcus
creator: Kreuzer, Michael
subject:  Food security, food quality and human health
subject:  Production systems
subject:  Feeding and growth
description: Four groups of eight New Zealand hybrid rabbits were fed ryegrass meal only, alfalfa  meal only, ryegrass and oats 1:1, or alfalfa and oats 1:1. Diets were offered ad libitum  in pelleted form from 5-30 weeks of age, when they were slaughtered. Intramuscular  fatty acid profiles were determined in the Musculus quadriceps of the left hindleg.  Feed intake was not statistically different between the four groups, nor was carcass  weight. The main effect of the forage-only diets on the fatty acid profiles was a decrease  of monounsaturated and an increase of polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)  proportions. Within PUFA, the n-3 fatty acids more than doubled with forage-only  compared to forage-oats diets, while the n-6 fatty acids slightly decreased. In general,  the proportion of n-3 fatty acids in intramuscular fat of forage-only fed rabbits was  extraordinarily high compared to any other meat of agricultural origin. The results  demonstrate a specific advantage of roughage-based diets in the nutrition of productive  herbivores, which is also known for ruminants.
date: 2009
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
identifier: http://orgprints.org/14387/1/Meier_14387.pdf
identifier: Meier, Janina S.; Leiber, Florian; Burger, Bettina; Wettstein, Hans-Rudolf; Hatt, Jean-Michel; Clauss, Marcus and Kreuzer, Michael (2009) Raufutter als Alleinfutter für Kaninchen – Auswirkungen auf das Fettsäurenmuster des Fleisches. 10. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau, Zürich, 11.-13. Februar 2009.
relation: http://orgprints.org/14387/