Breed and sex differences in fat distribution and mobilization in growing pigs fed at maintenance
Breed and sex differences in fat distribution and mobilization in growing pigs fed at maintenance
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10.1016/s0301-6226(96)01001-9
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1996-12-01
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Vangen, O
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Kolstad, K;Jopson, NB;Vangen, O
To study breed and sex differences in fat distribution and fat mobilization in growing pigs during maintenance feeding, pigs of Norwegian Landrace and Duroc of Canadian origin were compared. A total of 92 animals were fed to maintain constant body weight of around 58 kg over an eight weeks period of maintenance feeding. Computed tomography was used for measuring body composition at weeks zero, four and eight. Landrace pigs contained more internal fat (2.58 versus 2.20 kg) and less inter/intramuscular fat (1.90 versus 2.26 kg) at start of the maintenance feeding period than the Duroc pigs (p < 0.01). Castrates contained more inter/intramuscular fat (2.15 versus 2.01 kg) and less subcutaneous fat (5.30 versus 5.58 kg) than gilts (p < 0.01). Fat was mobilized as feed was restricted to maintenance level. A greater proportion of fat from subcutaneous and inter/intramuscular fat depots was mobilized compared to internal fat in both breeds and sexes (p < 0.001). Correlations between subcutaneous and inter/intramuscular fat were higher (0.61-0.90) than those between these depots and internal fat depots (0.26-0.70). Reasons for breed and sex differences in fat distribution, and differences in availability between the fat depots during the maintenance period are discussed.