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Table 2 Percentage of fatty acid acids in subcutaneous adipose tissue by diet treatment1

From: Dietary substitution of soybean oil with coconut oil in the absence of dietary antibiotics supports growth performance and immune function in nursery and grower pigs

Common name

Formula

ABX

COC

NABX

P-value

Lauric

12:0

0.05 ± 0.03a

1.37 ± 0.03b

0.03 ± 0.03a

<  0.001

Myristic

14:0

1.46 ± 0.09a

4.66 ± 0.09b

1.29 ± 0.03a

< 0.001

Myristoleic

14:1

0.02 ± 0.01a

0.10 ± 0.01b

0.005 ± 0.01a

<  0.001

Palmitic

16:0

22.51 ± 0.24a

25.92 ± 0.24b

22.53 ± 0.24a

<  0.001

Palmitoleic

16:1

2.54 ± 0.12a

3.68 ± 0.12b

2.43 ± 0.12a

<  0.001

Stearic

18:0

11.21 ± 0.30a

11.66 ± 0.30a

11.06 ± 0.30a

0.71

Oleic

18:1n-9

31.57 ± 0.47a

32.65 ± 0.47a*

31.45 ± 0.45a*

0.07

cis-Vaccenic

18:1n-7

2.40 ± 0.08a

2.86 ± 0.08b

2.25 ± 0.08a

< 0.001

Linoleic

18:2n-6

23.60 ± 0.43a

14.59 ± 0.42b

24.54 ± 0.41a

< 0.001

α-Linolenic

18:3n-3

2.26 ± 0.06a

0.96 ± 0.06b

2.20 ± 0.06a

< 0.001

Arachidic

20:0

0.23 ± 0.01a

0.20 ± 0.01a

0.20 ± 0.01a

0.54

Paulinic

20:1n-11

0.51 ± 0.03a

0.42 ± 0.03a

0.48 ± 0.03a

0.48

Eicosadienoic

20:2n-6

0.82 ± 0.03a

0.37 ± 0.03b

0.76 ± 0.03a

< 0.001

Arachidonic

20:4n-6

0.45 ± 0.01a

0.38 ± 0.01b

0.44 ± 0.01a

0.01

Mead

20:3n-6

0.24 ± 0.01a

0.11 ± 0.01b

0.23 ± 0.01a

< 0.001

Docosahexaenoic

22:6n-3

0.11 ± 0.01a

0.08 ± 0.01b

0.10 ± 0.01a

0.01

  1. 1ABX: 2% soybean oil with antibiotics; COC: 2% coconut oil without antibiotics; NABX: 2% soybean oil without antibiotics
  2. ab Within rows, values with common superscripts are not different (P > 0.05)
  3. * Within rows, values with asterisks tend to be different (P ≤ 0.10)