Table 7. Fatty acid content (g/100 g total fatty acid) present in the plasma of ewes fed 3% and 6% saturated fatty acid (SFA) or linseed oil (LO; n-3 enriched source) 3-week before and 21-d after laparoscopic insemination (Day 0 of experiment), respectively

g/100 g total FA	Experimental groups, before L.IU.I.				Experimental groups, after L.IU.I.
g/100 g total FA	Control	LO	SFA	SEM	Control	LO	SFA	SEM
C 12:0	0.54	0.53	0.49	0.015	0.48	0.40	0.47	0.024
C 14:0	0.31	0.30	0.25	0.034	0.27	0.23	0.24	0.040
C 15:0	0.45	0.54	0.32	0.088	0.40	0.41	0.31	0.069
C 16:0	15.35	16.42	17.15	1.394	17.18^ab	15.98^b	18.67^a	0.860
C 16:1 cis-9	0.67	0.79	0.86	0.163	0.87	0.91	0.73	0.132
C 16:2	0.14^b	0.29^a	0.23^a	0.024	0.12	0.22	0.22	0.046
C 16:4 n3	0.18^b	0.46^a	0.29^ab	0.084	0.16	0.35	0.28	0.092
C 17:0	0.40	0.50	0.34	0.054	0.35	0.38	0.33	0.024
C 18:0	17.15^b	19.19^b	24.18^a	1.121	15.47^b	18.19^b	27.18^a	0.890
C18:1 cis-9	13.68^a	11.59^b	10.84^b	0.284	14.72^a	10.73^b	9.45^c	0.187
C18:1 trans	1.76	1.52	1.69	0.151	1.56	1.92	1.62	0.159
C18:2 n4	0.33	0.38	0.32	0.035	0.29	0.29	0.31	0.026
C18:2 n6	41.14^a	37.19^b	36.50^b	1.232	40.14^a	36.69^b	34.50^b	1.412
C18:3n-3	3.24^b	4.12^a	2.95^b	0.207	2.77^b	6.62^a	2.22^b	0.272
C18:4n-3	0.87^b	1.05^a	0.48^b	0.124	0.77^b	0.89^a	0.42^a	0.143
C20:00	0.14^b	0.31^a	0.13^b	0.047	0.17	0.22	0.14	0.031
C20:1cis	0.27^b	0.45^a	0.14^b	0.048	0.24^b	0.34^a	0.11^b	0.057
C20:4n-3	0.14	0.18	0.13	0.051	0.12	0.12	0.22	0.041
C20:4n-6	0.20	0.79	0.37	0.151	0.16^c	0.86^a	0.41^b	0.088
C20:5n-3	0.33^b	0.83^a	0.29^b	0.167	0.27^b	0.87^a	0.23^b	0.204
C22:1 cis	0.08	0.11	0.09	0.013	0.05^b	0.13^a	0.07^b	0.011
C22:5n-3	0.48^b	0.74^a	0.35^b	0.067	0.44^b	0.66^a	0.27^b	0.077
C22:6n-3	0.57^ab	0.71^a	0.48^b	0.081	0.49^b	0.73^a	0.18^b	0.159
Others	1.58	1.01	1.13	0.184	2.51	1.86	1.42	0.157

Samples were collected at 0 and +21 days relative to the experimental design.
Different superscripts in the same row indicate a significant difference.
L.IU.I, laparoscopic intra-uterine insemination.