Table 2. Fatty acid profiles of experimental diets
Item | Treatment1) | SEM | p-value |
CON | PF | VE | MIX |
Total FA (mg/g) | 18.1b | 21.5a | 18.6b | 22.3a | 0.385 | < 0.001 |
C14:0 (% of total FA) | 4.20b | 6.18a | 4.29b | 6.01a | 0.273 | < 0.001 |
C16:0 | 20.5b | 22.2a | 20.4b | 21.7a | 0.741 | 0.023 |
C18:0 | 6.32b | 16.0a | 6.49b | 15.5a | 0.246 | < 0.001 |
C18:1n-9 | 34.7a | 22.8b | 34.4a | 23.2b | 0.341 | < 0.001 |
C18:2n-6 | 21.9a | 16.7b | 21.3a | 17.6b | 0.634 | < 0.001 |
C18:3n-3 | 12.4b | 16.1a | 13.1b | 16.0a | 0.317 | < 0.001 |
SFA | 31.0b | 44.4a | 31.2b | 43.2a | 0.715 | < 0.001 |
UFA | 69.0a | 55.6b | 68.8a | 56.8b | 0.377 | < 0.001 |
CON, without supplement; PF, supplemented 1% protected fat; VE, supplemented 1% vitamin E; MIX, supplemented 1% mixture of PF and VE at 1:1 ratio.
Means in the same row with different superscripts differ (p < 0.05).
FA, fatty acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, Unsaturated fatty acid.