Table 8. Sums of fatty acids and nutritional indices value of the longissimus thoracis muscle from hair lambs supplemented with FA and CTL
Item | FA (ppm)1) | CTL (%)2) | SEM | p-value |
0 | 300 | 0 | 1 | FA | CTL | FA × CTL |
∑ SFA | 43.2 | 44.06 | 44.71 | 42.55 | 1.40 | 0.556 | 0.155 | 0.908 |
∑ MUFA | 47.34 | 47.72 | 46.86 | 48.20 | 1.13 | 0.760 | 0.286 | 0.510 |
∑ PUFA | 9.42 | 9.07 | 8.72 | 9.77 | 0.48 | 0.494 | 0.053 | 0.311 |
MUFA / SFA | 1.06 | 1.07 | 1.05 | 1.09 | 0.059 | 0.948 | 0.501 | 0.613 |
PUFA / SFA | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.23 | 0.017 | 0.788 | 0.070 | 0.114 |
∑ n-3 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.068 | 0.871 | 0.983 | 0.686 |
∑ n-6 | 8.41 | 8.02 | 7.75 | 8.67 | 0.438 | 0.418 | 0.066 | 0.484 |
n-6 / n-3 | 13.70 | 12.29 | 12.69 | 13.30 | 1.09 | 0.218 | 0.581 | 0.869 |
Lambs fed 0 or 300 ppm of ferulic acid through the 40-d feeding trial.
Lambs fed 0 or 1% of clinoptilolite through the 40-d feeding.
FA, ferulic acid; CTL, clinoptilolite; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.