Table 1 Chemical, fatty acid and antioxidant composition of dietary treatments

Dry matter

67.70

67.90

68.07

Crude Protein

14.27

14.37

14.39

Ether extract

2.30

6.35

11.11

Organic matter

93.16

93.42

93.55

Nitrogen free extract

16.56

13.97

12.45

Acid detergent fibre

35.04

33.28

32.52

Neutral detergent fibre

63.52

62.67

62.06

Metabolizable energy, MJ/Kg DM

11.59

11.61

11.62

Ca

1.02

1.05

1.04

P

0.52

0.54

0.54

 C12:0

0.01

0.03

0.04

 C14:0

0.53

0.51

0.51

 C16:0

2.79

5.98

7.78

 C16:1ω-7

0.08

0.11

0.15

 C18:0

0.56

1.12

1.43

 C18:1ω-9

3.82

14.87

26.32

 C18:2ω-6

7.05

11.87

12.06

 C18:3ω-3

1.06

2.61

4.13

 ω-6:ω-3

6.66

4.54

2.92

Total FA

15.83

37.09

52.27

Total carotenoid, mg/kg

14.81

16.71

19.86

α-tocopherol, mg/kg

101.12

112.47

123.21

γ-tocopherol, mg/kg

10.22

34.55

49.17

δ-tocopherol, mg/kg

1.21

3.45

5.93