This study tested the interactive effects of dietary fat source and slaughter weight on the fatty acid composition of subcutaneous fat. It was concluded that the fat source included in swine diets was responsible for the fatty acid compositional changes in subcutanrous fat, yet the results of this study indicate that feeding 5% soybean oil dramatically increased the polyunsaturation of subcutaneous fat within the first 17.4 kg of birthweight gain.

For more information the full article can be found at http://jas.fass.org/