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Table 2 Fatty acid profiles (percentage of total identified fatty acids methyl esters) in rumen of kids fed diets containing oil supplements

From: Palm oil protects α-linolenic acid from rumen biohydrogenation and muscle oxidation in cashmere goat kids

Fatty acid

PMO

LSO

MIX

SEM

P-value

Saturated fatty acids

 C10:0

1.57

1.58

1.42

0.107

0.526

 C12:0

2.02

2.20

2.04

0.09

0.408

 C13:0

0.96

1.02

0.87

0.049

0.150

 C14:0

3.99

3.74

3.59

0.162

0.331

 C15:0

2.03

2.15

2.22

0.095

0.465

 C16:0

15.27a

13.65b

14.81a

0.171

<.001

 C17:0

2.00

1.87

1.92

0.072

0.451

 C18:0

16.72

18.21

18.86

0.535

0.103

 C20:0

2.53

2.36

2.4

0.06

0.346

 C21:0

0.90a

0.86ab

0.72b

0.042

0.046

 C22:0

2.26

1.93

1.96

0.129

0.205

 C23:0

0.82

0.85

0.70

0.049

0.142

 C24:0

2.04

1.97

1.89

0.075

0.436

Monounsaturated fatty acids

 C14:1

1.62

1.62

1.66

0.061

0.896

 C15:1

0.73

0.74

0.79

0.043

0.556

 C16:1

1.98

1.79

1.98

0.103

0.399

 C17:1

1.14

0.90

0.75

0.094

0.067

tran-9 18:1

8.82

10.69

9.94

0.469

0.149

cis-9 C18:1

11.44a

9.35b

10.45ab

0.342

0.009

 C20:1

1.12

0.94

0.97

0.079

0.295

 C22:1

0.90a

0.87ab

0.71b

0.048

0.040

 C24:1

0.96

0.89

0.76

0.046

0.058

n-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids

 C18:2n-6t

0.88

0.83

0.75

0.034

0.151

 C18:2n-6c

4.76

5.65

6.14

0.306

0.098

 C18:3n-6

0.87

0.85

0.83

0.039

0.808

 C20:2n-6

0.88

0.82

0.71

0.041

0.070

 C20:3n-6

0.79

0.8

0.73

0.042

0.444

 C20:4n-6

0.85

0.86

0.79

0.042

0.469

 C22:2n-6

0.88

0.84

0.69

0.046

0.045

n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids

 C18:3n-3

1.36c

2.15a

1.71b

0.050

<.001

 C20:3n-3

0.79

0.81

0.71

0.053

0.720

 C20:5n-3

0.83

0.82

0.70

0.048

0.200

 C22:6n-3

0.86

0.89

0.76

0.056

0.302

Total fat (% w/w of rumen liquid)

0.015

0.016

0.014

0.001

0.582

Proportional loss rate of dietary fatty acids, %

cis-9 C18:1

63.14a

35.74c

47.85b

1.04

<.001

 C18:3n-3

76.42c

94.65a

92.96b

0.33

<.001

Proportional increase rate of dietary fatty acids, %

 C18:0

576.85a

488.92b

559.63a

18.29

0.009

Dry matter intake, kg per day per pen

4.15

4.30

3.70

0.35

0.478

  1. PMO palm oil diet, LSO linseed oil diet, MIX mixed oil diet
  2. a–c Means within the same row followed by the same superscript letters are not significantly different at P < 0.05