Table 8 Fatty acids profile in the meat of the longissimus thoracis muscle of Morada Nova lambs of different sexes subjected to feed restriction

C10:0

4.70

6.56

6.05

7.18

5.24

4.89

0.700

0.540

0.392

0.913

C12:0

32.8

59.7

43.6

44.9

35.1

56.1

6.476

0.254

0.432

0.648

C14:0

87.3

89.8

108

96.0^ab

110^a

78.5^b

4.568

0.156

0.027

0.937

C14:1c9

8.51

10.3

9.95

10.9

9.64

8.26

0.610

0.447

0.255

0.436

C15:0

22.6

29.3

33.0

23.6

26.72

34.6

1.984

0.122

0.084

0.572

C16:0

912

914

966

1069^a

1080^a

642^b

30.20

0.711

<.0001

0.816

C16:1c9

41.2

40.3

43.8

49.0^a

48.0^a

18.3^b

1.660

0.685

<.0001

0.551

C17:0

44.4

47.2

48.6

48.9

46. 9

44.4

1.047

0.277

0.245

0.314

C17:1c10

18.9

16.8

17.3

18.9

17.37

16.8

0.901

0.635

0.606

0.300

C18:0

620

687

649

695^a

701^a

561^b

19.03

0.377

0.008

0.770

C18:1c9

1474

1639

1474

186^a

1814^a

911^b

41.65

0.192

<.0001

0.604

C18:1 t9

36.0

36.1

44.5

41.1

38.4

37.1

1.819

0.106

0.666

0.032

C18:2c9c12

70.1^b

83.1^ab

91.4^a

82.8

79.1

82.8

2.388

0.005

0.768

0.582

CLA

3.96

4.92

4.54

5.29^a

4.99^a

3.14^b

0.289

0.410

0.016

0.397

C18:3c9c12c15

18.5

21.6

21.0

22.2

20.5

18.4

0.701

0.201

0.109

0.510

C20:4c5c8c11c14

31.2^b

37.3^ab

39.2^a

33.0

33.2^b

41.6^a

1.236

0.045

0.010

0.862

C20:5c5c8c11c14c17

7.57

8.73

8.75

7.74^b

7.39^b

9.92^a

0.216

0.061

<.0001

0.171

C22:0

8.08

9.13

9.02

8.24

8.51

9.48

0.253

0.201

0.143

0.042

Unidentified

550

583

565

618

617

474

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