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.