In the December issue of the Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research PigCHAMP in collaboration with the University Complutense and the University Politecnica de Madrid has published a new research article.

The article describes the results of the projects ADE (04/05/SG/0008) of the Junta de Castilla y Leon and the program PROFIT (FIT-060000-2006-43 and FIT-060000-2007-154) which studied the effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) enrichment for finishing heavy fatty pigs on performance, carcass traits and fatty acid composition in subcutaneous and intramuscular fat. The article is available online at the link:

http://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/1244/1326

and complete reference is “Dietary CLA supplementation and gender modify fatty acid composition of subcutaneous and intramuscular fat in Iberian × Duroc finishing heavy pigs” G. Cordero, B. Isabel, D. Menoyo, A. Daza, J. Morales, C. Piñeiro and C. J. Lopez-Bote. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 2010 8(4), 962-970.