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Table 2 Analyzed fatty acid composition of milk replacer fed to piglets (g/100 g, fatty acid)^a

Diet	CON	LC n-6	LC n-3
Fatty acid
6:0	0.01	0.03	0.02
8:0	0.45	0.52	0.89
10:0	1.24	1.42	1.63
12:0	10.91	12.03	13.67
14:0	5.36	5.54	5.68
15:0	0.09	0.06	0.07
16:0	13.78	14.25	11.83
16:1	0.20	0.06	0.09
17:1	0.00	0.00	0.10
18:0	4.52	7.08	6.26
18:1	37.76	33.92	32.70
18:2 (n-6)	20.55	19.00	19.44
18:3 (n-6)	0.25	0.20	0.07
18:3 (n-3)	3.01	2.54	2.83
20:0	0.24	0.17	0.19
20:1	0.17	0.23	0.31
20:2	0.14	0.12	0.10
20:4 (n-6)	0.53	2.22	0.20
20:3 (n-3)	0.08	0.15	0.04
20:5 (n-3)	0.00	0.00	3.03
22:0	0.22	0.20	0.29
22:6 (n-3)	0.21	0.18	0.00
24:0	0.08	0.08	0.41
Total	100	100	100
SFA	37.10	41.55	40.80
MUFA	38.12	34.21	33.21
PUFA	24.78	24.42	26.13
n-3 FA	3.30	2.87	6.31
n-6 FA	21.48	21.54	19.82
n-3: n-6	0.15	0.13	0.32

^aData are expressed as weight % of total identified fatty acids. These fats represented 26% of the milk replacer dry matter as described in Table 1. MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, SFA saturated fatty acid

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