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Table 4 Relative proportion of selected fatty acids in milk (%)

From: Effects of dietary hemp seed oil to sows on fatty acid profiles, nutritional and immune status of piglets

 

Dietary treatment1

SEM

P-value

 

H

HS

S

 

Diet

Day2 × Diet

Day of lactation

0

2

16

28

0

2

16

28

0

2

16

28

   

SFA

26.2

27.6

38.8

38.6

25.7

27.0

38.2

38.1

25.9

27.3

38.4

38.3

1.093

0.85

0.67

C14:0

1.27

1.53

3.53

3.56

1.12

1.38

3.37

3.40

1.05

1.32

3.31

3.35

0.155

0.26

0.69

C16:0

19.5

20.4

30.8

31.24

30.6

18.8

19.6

30.0

20.2

21.1

31.5

31.3

0.896

0.07

0.08

C18:0

4.93

5.30

4.12

3.93

4.87

5.25

4.06

3.87

4.75

5.13

3.94

3.75

0.245

0.68

0.73

MUFA

37.8bc

41.4c

30.3ab

26.3a

36.4abc

40.3bc

35.4abc

36.4abc

37.0abc

38.7abc

32.4abc

29.3abc

3.283

0.02

0.05

C16:1n-9

1.20a

1.05a

0.32a

0.26a

1.33b

1.18b

0.44b

0.39b

1.24ab

1.08ab

0.35ab

0.29ab

0.054

0.02

0.32

C16:1n-7

2.33

3.28

8.23

7.66

2.37

3.32

8.27

7.70

2.13

3.07

8.03

7.45

0.569

0.88

0.36

C18:1n-9

30.2

33.0

23.1

22.2

31.9

34.7

24.8

23.9

28.2

31.0

21.1

20.2

2.442

0.26

0.12

C18:1n-7

2.67b

2.78b

1.87a

1.70a

2.96b

3.06b

2.16a

1.99a

2.75b

2.85b

1.94a

1.77a

0.153

0.04

0.10

PUFA

35.2ab

29.6ab

28.9ab

34.1ab

36.1b

30.9ab

25.6ab

23.9a

36.5ab

34.3ab

26.6ab

30.5ab

3.371

0.03

0.05

C18:2n-6

28.9

24.8

20.5

22.3

28.9

24.7

20.4

22.2

32.5

28.4

24.7

25.9

2.429

0.26

0.15

C18:3n-6

1.16b

0.94b

0.66b

0.77b

0.87a

0.65a

0.37a

0.48a

0.65a

0.44a

0.16a

0.26a

0.110

0.002

0.14

C18:3n-3

4.43b

3.48a

3.76b

5.31b

3.41a

2.81a

2.74a

2.52a

2.63a

2.40a

2.29a

2.32a

0.667

0.003

0.03

C18:4n-3

0.24c

0.20bc

0.14ab

0.19abc

0.13abc

0.11abc

0.08abc

0.06ab

0.01ab

0.03ab

0.01ab

0.00a

0.037

< 0.001

0.04

C20:2n-6

0.43

0.45

0.36

0.33

0.44

0.46

0.37

0.34

0.48

0.50

0.41

0.38

0.029

0.15

0.10

C20:3n-6

0.81

0.73

0.56

0.43

0.86

0.78

0.61

0.47

0.95

0.87

0.70

0.57

0.077

0.14

0.80

C20:4n-6

0.18a

0.16b

0.17b

0.17b

0.16b

0.16b

0.12b

0.12b

0.14b

0.13b

0.09a

0.10

0.021

0.003

0.01

C20:5n-3

0.15c

0.13c

0.11a

0.11a

0.14c

0.11b

0.09a

0.09a

0.10b

0.08a

0.06a

0.06a

0.016

0.03

0.95

C22:5n-6

0.10a

0.09a

0.10a

0.05a

0.12a

0.11a

0.12a

0.07a

0.17b

0.16b

0.17b

0.12b

0.019

0.001

0.34

C22:5n-3

0.41

0.35

0.27

0.21

0.46

0.40

0.31

0.25

0.46

0.39

0.31

0.25

0.045

0.43

0.96

C22:6n-3

0.06

0.05

0.02

0.02

0.07

0.06

0.03

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.02

0.01

0.011

0.20

0.42

n-6

32.1

28.1

23.8

25.8

29.4

25.5

21.2

23.2

33.1

29.1

24.8

26.8

1.925

0.13

0.06

n-3

5.94a

5.27a

5.32a

5.85a

4.15b

3.48b

3.53b

4.06b

3.47c

2.80c

2.86c

3.38c

0.471

< 0.001

0.07

n-6/n-3

5.59a

5.75a

4.62a

4.30a

7.25b

7.41b

6.28b

5.97b

9.89c

10.0c

8.92c

8.60c

0.496

< 0.001

0.96

  1. SEM standard error of mean
  2. 1H = basal diet and hemp seed oil in ratio 95:5, HS = basal diet and mix of soybean and hemp seed oils (50:50) in ratio 95:5; S = basal diet and soybean oil in ratio 95:5; basal diet formulated according to Danish Nutrient Standards for Lactating Sows [24]
  3. 2Effect of day is significant for all lactation stages, except total n-3 fatty acids P = 0.12
  4. a,b,cMean values within a row with unlike superscript letters are significantly different