Table 4 Least square means and pooled standard error (SE) for milk fatty acids from cows fed the two experimental diets

 C4:0

3.02

3.24

0.06

0.003

 C6:0

2.09

2.08

0.02

0.507

 C8:0

1.31

1.21

0.02

0.003

 C10:0

3.11

2.71

0.09

<0.001

 C12:0

3.69

3.13

0.12

0.080

 C14:0

11.90

11.00

0.36

0.062

 C16:0

30.76

32.05

0.56

0.010

 C18:0

9.93

10.94

0.35

0.019

 Others

4.57

4.26

0.11

0.037

 Total SFA

70.38

70.60

0.59

0.607

 C14:1

0.92

0.87

0.05

0.116

 C16:1

1.28

1.26

0.05

0.563

 C18:1 n-7

1.87

2.03

0.06

0.018

 C18:1 n-9

17.75

18.39

0.50

0.124

 Others

3.22

2.77

0.06

<0.001

 Total MUFA

25.04

25.32

0.51

0.496

 C18:2 n-6

2.48

2.02

0.07

<0.001

 C18:2 c9, t11 CLA^e

0.44

0.52

0.02

0.006

 C18:2 t10, c12 CLA

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.396

 C18:3 n-3

0.30

0.27

0.01

0.001

 C18:3 n-6

0.06

0.05

0.01

0.044

 C20:3 n-6

0.15

0.13

0.01

<0.001

 C20:4 n-6

0.19

0.16

0.01

<0.001

 Others

0.97

0.91

0.03

0.031

 Total PUFA

4.58

4.07

0.12

<0.001

 SFA/(MUFA + PUFA)

2.40

2.42

0.07

0.714

 MUFA/PUFA

5.51

6.27

0.14

<0.001

 n-6, % of total FA

2.91

2.39

0.08

<0.001

 n-3, % of total FA

0.39

0.36

0.01

0.017

 n-6/n-3

7.49

6.73

0.16

<0.001

 CLA, % of total FA

0.49

0.58

0.02

0.004