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Table 4 Fatty acids (g/100 g FA, unless otherwise stated) of ruminal digesta after 24 h incubation of the insect and control meals

From: Full-fat insect meals in ruminant nutrition: in vitro rumen fermentation characteristics and lipid biohydrogenation

Item

Meals

SEM

P-value

Full-fat insect meals

Control meals

ACD

ALD

BL

GB

GS

HI

MD

TM

SBM

RPM

SFM

FM

 

C10:0

0.10d

0.07d

0.07d

0.06d

0.05d

0.77a

0.05d

0.03d

0.57b

0.20cd

0.31c

0.28c

0.040

 < 0.001

C11:0 + C10:1 c9

0.03f

0.03f

0.04ef

0.05ef

0.05def

0.09de

0.04ef

0.06def

0.26a

0.17c

0.21b

0.10d

0.012

 < 0.001

C12:0

0.42b

0.20b

0.42b

0.38b

0.34b

19.98a

0.35b

0.58b

1.47b

1.26b

1.23b

0.76b

0.846

 < 0.001

C13:0

0.005ab

0.003ab

0.001b

0.004ab

0.005ab

0.009ab

0.004ab

0.007ab

0.021ab

0.024a

0.012ab

0.018ab

0.0050

0.021

C14:0

1.65ef

1.39f

2.43e

1.51f

2.06ef

6.83b

3.74d

4.05cd

4.40cd

4.55c

4.48cd

9.18a

0.198

 < 0.001

C15:0

0.90e

0.68e

0.63e

0.76e

0.68e

1.30d

1.71c

0.70e

4.70a

4.14b

4.82a

1.73c

0.093

 < 0.001

C16:0

31.02cde

35.79ab

30.2de

32.21cd

37.64a

26.96e

32.23cd

22.59f

31.47cd

29.66de

27.59e

34.00bc

0.822

 < 0.001

C17:0

0.31d

0.62ab

0.35cd

0.40bcd

0.33cd

0.48bcd

0.58abc

0.27d

0.75a

0.76a

0.64ab

0.76a

0.056

 < 0.001

C18:0

13.52a

11.29ab

12.19a

12.91a

14.7a

7.21b

11.26ab

7.70b

11.35ab

10.84ab

11.35ab

10.96ab

0.919

 < 0.001

C20:0

0.146bcd

0.179bcd

0.161bcd

0.249ab

0.222abc

0.111cd

0.107d

0.087d

0.224abc

0.324a

0.255ab

0.255ab

0.0240

 < 0.001

C21:0 (+ CLA t9c11)

0.010cd

0.030a

0.023ab

0.034a

0.032a

0.025ab

0.023abc

0.016bc

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.0030

 < 0.001

C22:0

0.024d

0.026cd

0.039bcd

0.027cd

0.024d

0.028cd

0.044bcd

0.034bcd

0.125a

0.094ab

0.090abc

0.069abcd

0.0130

 < 0.001

C24:0

0.017b

0.022b

0.003c

0.020b

0.047a

0.002c

0.014b

0.004c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0024

 < 0.001

C13 iso

0.154b

0.090b

0.094b

0.143b

0.119b

0.168b

0.153b

0.107b

0.799a

0.731a

0.769a

0.243b

0.0370

 < 0.001

C13 aiso

0.027c

0.016c

0.013c

0.018c

0.019c

0.079b

0.022c

0.013c

0.159a

0.127a

0.141a

0.04c

0.100

 < 0.001

C14 iso

0.67 cd

0.36d

0.42d

0.55d

0.54d

0.90bc

0.49d

0.43d

2.79a

2.70a

2.59a

1.16b

0.077

 < 0.001

C15 iso

1.41cd

0.55e

0.53e

1.09cde

0.96de

1.66c

0.86de

0.74e

5.58a

4.17b

5.26a

1.42cd

0.143

 < 0.001

C15 anteiso

2.15c

0.90d

0.71d

1.52cd

1.51cd

2.26c

1.19cd

1.31cd

8.60a

7.42b

8.28ab

2.18c

0.264

 < 0.001

C16 iso

0.76cde

0.35f

0.33f

0.59cdef

0.59cdef

0.86c

0.50def

0.48ef

2.18ab

2.07b

2.45a

0.83cd

0.076

 < 0.001

C17 iso

0.25ef

0.20f

0.19f

0.38e

0.21f

0.36e

0.74cd

0.16f

1.00a

0.82bc

0.91ab

0.63d

0.032

 < 0.001

C17 anteiso

0.68c

0.42d

0.41d

0.53c

0.57c

0.86c

0.44c

0.47c

2.49a

2.25a

2.61a

1.28b

0.094

 < 0.001

C18 iso

0.06e

0.35b

0.06e

0.03e

0.04e

0.17cd

0.58a

0.25c

0.03e

0.05e

0.02e

0.09de

0.023

 < 0.001

C12:1 c9

0.09d

0.06d

0.05d

0.08d

0.09d

0.14cd

0.12cd

0.11d

0.63a

0.45b

0.47b

0.21c

0.200

 < 0.001

C14:1 t9

0.09c

0.08c

0.11c

0.08c

0.15c

0.05c

0.32a

0.24b

0.12c

0.08c

0.05c

0.08c

0.022

 < 0.001

C16:1 c7

0.6bcd

0.77bcd

0.43d

0.52cd

0.58bcd

0.58bcd

2.96a

1.07bcd

1.18bc

1.20b

1.14b

0.91bcd

0.136

 < 0.001

C16:1 c9

0.47b

0.25b

1.22b

1.10b

0.85b

1.10b

7.01a

1.10b

0.43b

0.55b

0.33b

6.58a

0.224

 < 0.001

C17:1 c9

0.025ab

0.039ab

0.028ab

0.018b

0.024ab

0.023ab

0.043a

0.022ab

0.032ab

0.020ab

0.023ab

0.022ab

0.0050

0.044

C17:1 t10

0.026f

0.108bc

0.087cd

0.045ef

0.039ef

0.087cd

0.149a

0.071de

0.038ef

0.028f

0.033f

0.124ab

0.0080

 < 0.001

C18:1 t4

0.008bc

0.018abc

0.020abc

0.024ab

0.008bc

0.012abc

0.032a

0.009bc

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0046

 < 0.001

C18:1 t5

0.015bc

0.018abc

0.023ab

0.029ab

0.018abc

0.013bc

0.033a

0.016abc

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0038

 < 0.001

C18:1 t6-8

0.130bc

0.077c

0.272ab

0.219abc

0.044c

0.125bc

0.365a

0.091c

0.072c

0.145bc

0.097c

0.071c

0.0350

 < 0.001

C18:1 t9-11

3.13abc

3.57ab

4.18a

4.52a

1.81bc

3.14abc

4.41a

3.30abc

1.73bc

1.94bc

1.82bc

1.33c

0.442

 < 0.001

C18:1 t12

0.141abc

0.080bc

0.120ab

0.196ab

0.033c

0.101bc

0.273a

0.071bc

0.022c

0.033c

0.021c

0.055bc

0.0330

 < 0.001

C18:1 t13 + t14

0.28bc

0.14bc

0.28bc

0.39ab

0.11c

0.24bc

0.58a

0.12c

0.08c

0.19bc

0.14c

0.24bc

0.530

 < 0.001

C18:1 c9 + c10 + t15

12.37ef

21.52c

30.09a

13.90de

15.50d

7.98g

13.95de

27.50b

4.46h

11.26f

12.68ef

7.92g

0.627

 < 0.001

C18:1 c11

0.55c

0.46c

0.48c

0.55c

0.56c

0.66c

0.52c

0.49c

1.11b

2.71a

0.97b

2.67a

0.075

 < 0.001

C18:1 c12

0.085c

0.089c

0.051c

0.073c

0.060c

0.168b

0.202a

0.063c

0.170b

0.173b

0.152b

0.067c

0.0100

 < 0.001

C18:1 c13

0.049bc

0.063abc

0.073abc

0.089ab

0.114a

0.055bc

0.030bc

0.018c

0.050bc

0.042bc

0.038bc

0.048bc

0.0120

 < 0.001

C18:1 c14 + t16

0.079b

0.191a

0.142ab

0.194a

0.032b

0.064b

0.196a

0.041b

0.044b

0.063b

0.054b

0.049b

0.2300

 < 0.001

C20:1 c11

0.013de

0.063bc

0.041cde

0.025cde

0.023cde

0.038cde

0.037cde

0.026cde

0.000e

0.093b

0.055bcd

0.369a

0.0104

 < 0.001

C18:2 t11t15

0.068a

0.033abc

0.060ab

0.033abc

0.059ab

0.026bc

0.053ab

0.064ab

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0086

 < 0.001

C18:2 t9t12

0.016b

0.013b

0.026b

0.033b

0.011b

0.025b

0.019b

0.026b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.140a

0.0101

 < 0.001

C18:2 t9c13 (+ t8c12)

0.083bc

0.299a

0.044cd

0.078bcd

0.136b

0.028cd

0.024cd

0.030cd

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.063cd

0.0162

 < 0.001

C18:2 c9t12 + c18:1 c16

0.64bcde

0.72bcd

0.20g

0.49defg

0.61cde

0.36fg

0.29g

0.44efg

0.77bc

0.91b

1.17a

0.42fg

0.063

 < 0.001

C18:2 t9c12

0.23bc

0.57a

0.19c

0.18c

0.27b

0.19c

0.17c

0.06d

0.06d

0.08d

0.03d

0.05d

0.018

 < 0.001

C18:2 t11c15

0.010

0.016

0.020

0.013

0.012

0.031

0.012

0.013

0.049

0.172

0.032

0.077

0.0390

0.225

C18:2 n-6

22.3a

12.76d

6.38ef

18.02bc

15.50cd

8.96e

7.40ef

19.97ab

7.76ef

5.45f

4.89fg

1.73g

0.852

 < 0.001

C18:2 c9c15

0.037a

0.028ab

0.027ab

0.020ab

0.025ab

0.016ab

0.018ab

0.026ab

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.023b

0.0072

0.009

CLA c9t11 (+ t7c9 + t8c10)

0.055c

0.042c

0.367ab

0.308ab

0.049c

0.194bc

0.180bc

0.533a

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0549

 < 0.001

CLA t11c13 (+ c9c11)

0.010bc

0.007bc

0.007bc

0.014ab

0.010bc

0.024a

0.015ab

0.012b

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.000c

0.0024

 < 0.001

CLA t10c12

0.011cd

0.01cd

0.056a

0.022bcd

0.018cd

0.051a

0.025bc

0.040ab

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.0048

 < 0.001

CLA t10t12 (+ t11t13)

0.044d

0.112c

0.131abc

0.173ab

0.158abc

0.184a

0.166abc

0.114bc

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.0149

 < 0.001

C18:3 n-3

0.81bcd

0.66cd

1.14b

0.52d

0.54d

1.05bc

0.71cd

0.91bcd

2.05a

2.01a

1.75a

0.90bcd

0.086

 < 0.001

C20:2 n-6

0.018c

0.015c

0.034c

0.026c

0.008c

0.015c

0.014c

0.011c

0.174b

0.079bc

0.083bc

0.759a

0.0280

 < 0.001

C20:4 n-6

0.084c

0.000d

0.124b

0.025d

0.020d

0.030d

0.102bc

0.003d

0.000d

0.000d

0.000d

0.509a

0.0100

 < 0.001

C20:5 n-3

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

5.11a

0.0310

 < 0.001

C22:5 n-3

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.33a

0.0100

 < 0.001

C22:6 n-3

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

0.000b

3.17a

0.0600

 < 0.001

Total SFA

48.13ef

50.29de

46.53f

48.56def

56.15b

63.77a

50.12def

36.12g

55.35bc

52.01cd

50.98de

58.12b

0.941

 < 0.001

Total OCFA

1.27e

1.48de

1.11e

1.25e

1.11e

1.92d

2.50c

1.08e

5.55a

4.98b

5.52a

2.65c

0.122

 < 0.001

Total BCFA

6.15cde

3.23f

2.76f

4.84def

4.55ef

7.32cd

4.98def

3.96ef

23.62a

20.32b

23.02a

7.88c

0.555

 < 0.001

Total iso BCFA

3.30cd

1.90ef

1.62f

2.78de

2.45def

4.12c

3.33cd

2.17ef

12.38a

10.53b

11.99a

4.37c

0.241

 < 0.001

Total anteiso BCFA

2.85cde

1.33ef

1.14f

2.06cdef

2.09cdef

3.20cd

1.65def

1.79def

11.25a

9.80b

11.03ab

3.50c

0.347

 < 0.001

Total MUFA

18.15f

27.60d

37.69a

22.06e

20.04ef

14.57g

31.25c

34.36b

10.16h

18.96f

18.05f

20.73ef

0.690

 < 0.001

Total C18:1 c

13.05ef

22.13c

30.69a

14.61de

16.23d

8.86g

14.72de

28.07b

5.79h

14.18de

13.83de

10.70fg

0.644

 < 0.001

Total C18:1 t

3.78ab

4.10ab

5.04a

5.58a

2.06b

3.69ab

5.89a

3.65ab

1.95b

2.37b

2.13b

1.74b

0.557

 < 0.001

Total PUFA

24.42a

15.29de

8.80g

19.96bc

17.42cd

11.20fg

9.21fg

22.25ab

10.87fg

8.71g

7.96g

13.28ef

0.918

 < 0.001

Total CLA

0.12ef

0.17def

0.56a

0.52ab

0.24bcde

0.45abc

0.39abcd

0.70a

0.000e

0.000e

0.000e

0.000e

0.0690

 < 0.001

Total n-3 FA

0.93cd

0.74cd

1.24c

0.59d

0.64d

1.12cd

0.80cd

1.02cd

2.10b

2.18b

1.78b

9.61a

0.123

 < 0.001

Total n-6 FA

1.21bc

1.49b

0.74ef

1.02cde

1.00cde

0.88def

1.09cd

0.67f

1.20bc

1.28bc

1.46b

2.00a

0.073

 < 0.001

Total n-3 FA/Total n-6 FA

0.77cde

0.50e

1.69b

0.56e

0.64de

1.28bc

0.73cde

1.51b

1.86b

1.83b

1.25bcd

4.81a

0.140

 < 0.001

Total FA, g/kg DM

29.7c

72.7abc

111.3ab

61.3abc

46.3bc

25.7c

129.8a

43.7bc

15.8c

15.5c

10.9c

24.0c

15.62

 < 0.001

  1. Different superscripts within a row indicate significant differences among the tested meals (P-value < 0.05)
  2. Abbreviations: FA Fatty acids, ACD Acheta domesticus, ALD Alphitobius diaperinus, BL Blatta lateralis, GB Gryllus bimaculatus, GS Grylloides sigillatus, HI Hermetia illucens, MD Musca domestica, TM Tenebrio molitor, SBM Soybean meal, RPM Rapeseed meal, SFM Sunflower meal, FM Fishmeal, SEM Standard error of the mean, t Trans, c Cis, CLA Conjugated linoleic acid, SFA Saturated fatty acids, OCFA Odd-chain fatty acids, BCFA Branched-chain fatty acids, MUFA Monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids, DM Dry matter 
  3. 1Total BCFA: C13 iso + C13 anteiso + C14 iso + C15 iso + C15 aiso + C16 iso + C17 iso + C17 aiso + C18 iso
  4. 2Total C18:1 cis: (c9 + c10 + t15) + c11 + c12 + c13 + (c14 + t16) + c16
  5. 3Total C18:1 trans: t4 + t5 + (t6-8) + (t9-11) + t12 + (t13-14)