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Table 3 Fatty acids composition in the milk fat

From: Negative effects of long-term feeding of high-grain diets to lactating goats on milk fat production and composition by regulating gene expression and DNA methylation in the mammary gland

Fatty acids

LC

HS

HL

C4:0

0.78 ± 0.05

0.79 ± 0.06

0.91 ± 0.08

C6:0

1.19 ± 0.06

1.16 ± 0.08

1.27 ± 0.11

C8:0

1.45 ± 0.08

1.38 ± 0.10

1.48 ± 0.14

C10:0

7.27 ± 0.29

6.48 ± 0.39

7.23 ± 0.55

C11:0

0.13 ± 0.03

0.09 ± 0.02

0.09 ± 0.01

C12:0

4.72 ± 0.36

3.78 ± 0.39

4.69 ± 0.45

C13:0

0.09 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.02

0.10 ± 0.03

C14:0

12.15 ± 0.38

10.28 ± 0.49

11.30 ± 0.6

C14:1

0.24 ± 0.02

0.22 ± 0.08

0.21 ± 0.04

C15:0

1.22 ± 0.05a

0.91 ± 0.13ab

0.85 ± 0.06b

C15:1

0.17 ± 0.08

0.04 ± 0.00

0.10 ± 0.03

C16:0

33.16 ± 1.90

33.89 ± 0.49

38.19 ± 1.8

C16:1

1.31 ± 0.07

1.35 ± 0.26

1.18 ± 0.08

C17:0

0.93 ± 0.02a

0.81 ± 0.09ab

0.74 ± 0.02b

C17:1

0.29 ± 0.05a

0.31 ± 0.03ab

0.22 ± 0.22b

C18:0

7.01 ± 0.69

7.29 ± 1.13

6.32 ± 0.57

C18:1n-9c

20.71 ± 0.72a

22.80 ± 1.06a

18.17 ± 0.51b

C18:2n-6 t

0.12 ± 0.01

0.17 ± 0.01

0.14 ± 0.01

C18:2n-6c

1.96 ± 0.12b

2.39 ± 0.08a

1.93 ± 0.05b

C18:3n-3 r

0.22 ± 0.02a

0.12 ± 0.01b

0.10 ± 0.00b

C20:0

0.21 ± 0.01a

0.17 ± 0.01b

0.15 ± 0.01b

C20:4n-6

0.14 ± 0.01b

0.18 ± 0.01a

0.14 ± 0.01b

ΣSFA

68.39 ± 1.03

67.10 ± 1.35

73.34 ± 0.65

UFA

25.26 ± 0.94a

27.58 ± 1.36a

22.21 ± 0.60b

ΣMUFA

22.79 ± 0.83a

24.71 ± 1.29a

19.89 ± 0.58b

ΣPUFA

2.47 ± 0.13b

2.87 ± 0.10a

2.32 ± 0.05b

  1. Values are means ±SE. Mean values without common superscript (a, b) differ significantly among LC, HS and HL groups (P < 0.05)