Table 4. Effects of dietary protected fat and vitamin E on blood fatty acid profiles of Hanwoo cows just before artificial insemination

Item Treatment1) SEM p-value
CON PF VE MIX
Total FA (mg/mL) 30.7 32.3 29.5 30.1 4.002 0.683
 C14:0 (% of total FA) 0.91 0.43 0.40 0.37 0.433 0.054
 C16:0 12.5b 12.7b 13.6ab 15.0a 2.070 0.041
 C18:0 30.0b 35.0a 30.2b 32.0ab 3.188 0.037
 C18:1n-9 23.5a 20.6b 22.9ab 20.8ab 2.130 0.037
 C18:2n-6 31.0 28.9 31.0 29.7 3.620 0.637
 C18:3n-3 1.65 1.92 1.46 1.66 0.275 0.150
 C20:4n-6 0.14 0.18 0.15 0.12 0.075 0.520
 C22:5n-3 0.31 0.31 0.29 0.30 0.081 0.070
 SFA 43.4b 48.1a 44.2b 47.4a 2.227 0.042
 UFA 56.6a 51.9b 55.8a 52.6b 3.162 0.031
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.