The proposal of this study was to evaluate the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation on swine diets, reared from 65kg body weight up to slaughter (100kg body weight) on animal performance, cut yields and carcass traits. Two hundred crossbred pigs (JSR x PIC) were used, half barrows and half gilts. The treatments were diets with (+CLA) and without (-CLA) supplementation of CLA. A completely randomly experimental design was used, and for the carcass traits and cut yield it was a 2x2 factorial design (diet and sex). Animals that consumed CLA presented a better average daily gain, decreased backfat thickness and a higher lean meat yield. Meat liquid retention capacity was not affected by diets. Based in these results it is beneficial the inclusion of CLA on finishing pigs feed.
backfat; diet; finishing; polyunsaturated fatty acid
