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Table 4 Effects of late gestation supplementation of Ca salts of saturated/monounsaturated fatty acids (CON) or polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on relative concentrations of selected plasma fatty acids in steers at birtha

From: Effects of supplements differing in fatty acid profile to late gestational beef cows on cow performance, calf growth performance, and mRNA expression of genes associated with myogenesis and adipogenesis

Item

CONb

PUFAc

SEM

P-value

C15:0

21.7

19.2

2.14

0.29

C16:0

1101

1030

104.1

0.53

C16:1c9

23.4

15.0

1.77

0.01

C17:0

28.6

27.5

2.47

0.69

C18:0

1036

1021

64.0

0.83

C18:1c9

1132

881

40.4

< 0.01

C18:2n-6

772

855

67.4

0.27

C18:3n-3

176

98

12.2

< 0.01

C20:0

3.6

4.3

0.48

0.20

C20:3n-6

48.4

31.7

3.06

< 0.01

C20:4n-6

146

138

13.0

0.58

C20:5n-3

36.3

56.7

5.22

0.01

C22:6n-3

9.0

18.8

4.78

0.09

  1. aData are presented as relative concentration per 100 μL plasma to internal standard C23:0
  2. bCON = cows were supplemented soybean hulls mixed with 155 g DM/cow/d EnerGII (Virtus Nutrition LLC, Corcoran, CA) for 77 ± 6 d prepartum
  3. cPUFA = cows were supplemented soybean hulls mixed with 80 g DM/cow/d Strata + 80 g DM/cow/d Prequel (Virtus Nutrition LLC, Corcoran, CA) for 77 ± 6 d prepartum