Journal of Animal Science, Vol 80, Issue 2 533-540, Copyright © 2002 by American Society of Animal Science

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The biohydrogenation of linoleamide in vitro and its effects on linoleic acid concentration in duodenal contents of sheep

T. C. Jenkins and C. S. Adams
Department of Animal and Veterinary Science, Clemson University, SC 29634, USA. tjnkns@Clemson.edu

Previous studies showed that oleamide was protected from ruminal biohydrogenation and increased 18:1(n-9) concentration in milk when fed to lactating dairy cows. To appraise whether this protection extended to linoleamide, a rumen in vitro experiment was conducted to determine biohydrogenation of linoleamide followed by two sheep experiments to evaluate whether linoleamide could increase 18:2 (n-6) concentration in duodenal contents. Treatments for the in vitro and sheep studies consisted of three diets containing no added lipid (control), linoleic acid, or linoleamide. Lipids were added at 10% (DM basis) of the in vitro substrate (ground grass hay). The three substrates were incubated with mixed ruminal microbes in triplicate, and 5 mL of culture contents was taken at 0, 24, and 48 h for analysis of 18:2 (n-6) concentration by gas chromatography. The concentrations of 18:2 (n-6) (corrected for 18:2 (n-6) in the control cultures) at 0, 24, and 48 h were 2.51, 0.38, and 0.11 mg/5 mL for the linoleic acid cultures compared to 2.10, 1.35, and 1.08 mg/5 mL for the linoleamide cultures. Compared to linoleic acid, the cultures containing linoleamide had higher 18:1 (n-9) and lower concentrations of biohydrogenation products including trans-18:1 and 18:0. Three sheep with duodenal cannulas were fed the three diets in two separate 3 x 3 Latin squares each with 2-wk periods. The two squares only differed in the amount of added lipid (1.5 vs 5% of the ration DM). When the lipids were added at 1.5% of the ration DM, they had little effect on duodenal 18:2 (n-6) concentration (2.8, 3.6, and 4.3 mg/g DM for the control, linoleic acid, and linoleamide treatments, respectively). At 5% of the ration DM, both lipid supplements increased duodenal 18:2 (n-6) concentration over the control diet with a greater response observed for linoleamide (2.5, 12.2, and 16.8 mg/g DM for the control, linoleic acid, and linoleamide treatments, respectively). This study demonstrates reduced biohydrogenation of linoleamide based on its ability to maintain a higher concentration of 18:2 (n-6) in ruminal cultures and in duodenal contents of sheep compared to free linoleic acid.

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