Influence of Maternal and Postweaning Linseed Dietary Supplementation on Growth Rate, Lipid Profile, and Meat Quality Traits of Light Sarda Lambs

Table 1

Ingredients and chemical composition of the experimental concentrates fed during the trial.

Item	Concentrates^1
	CTR	EL-10	EL-20
Raw materials (% as fed basis)
Soybean meal	188.2	124.0	60.8
Corn meal	335.9	157.0	20.0
Barley grain	50.0	50.0	20.0
Wheat bran	162.6	303.1	578.2
Wheat flour shorts	200.0	200.0	57.4
Extruded linseed	—	100.0	200.0
Molasses	20.0	20.0	20.0
Calcium carbonate	16.9	19.7	21.6
Bicalcic phosphate	9.4	4.2	—
Sodium bicarbonate	5.0	5.0	5.0
Sodium chloride	5.0	5.0	5.0
Vitamin and mineral premix^2	5.0	5.0	5.0
Bonding agent	—	5.0	5.0
Magnesium oxide	2.0	2.0	2.0
Analysed nutrients^3 (g/100 g)
DM	89.12	88.66	89.12
CP	15.99	15.85	16.01
CF	2.53	6.93	10.23
Ash	6.83	7.25	7.83
NDF	16.33	19.23	24.34
ADF	5.01	6.21	7.99
Lignin	1.12	1.46	2.31
Calcium	1.28	1.35	1.41
Phosphorus	0.35	0.40	0.41
C16:0	15.50	10.11	8.90
C18:0	2.09	2.97	3.42
C18:1 c9	22.78	18.11	17.59
C18:2 c9, c12	54.07	32.64	23.86
C18:3 c9, c12, c15	5.32	35.22	45.41

CTR: diet without extruded linseed; EL-10: diet containing 100 g/kg of extruded linseed; EL-20: diet containing 200 g/kg of extruded linseed.
²Mineral and vitamin premix supplied (per kg of final diet): Co, 0.30 mg (2CoCO₃; 3Co(OH)₂ H₂O); Zn, 50.00 mg (ZnO); Fe, 15.00 mg (FeCO₃); Mn, 30.00 mg (MnO); Se, 0.60 mg (Na₂SeO₃); I, 1.00 mg (Ca(IO₃)₂); vitamin A, 50,000 IU (retinylacetate); cholecalciferol, 3,000 IU; vitamin E, 50.00 mg (α-tocopherol acetate).
³DM: dry matter; CP: crude protein; CF: crude fat; NDF: neutral detergent fibre; and ADF: acid detergent fibre.