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Table 4 Apparent ileal digestibility of fat and fatty acids in different oil sources, %

From: Effects of dietary oil sources and fat extraction methods on apparent and standardized ileal digestibility of fat and fatty acids in growing pigs

Item

EE

AEE

Fatty acid

C16:0

C18:0

C18:1

C18:2

SFA

UFA

Sunflower seed oil

94.03a

85.74ab

86.68ab

90.46a

96.92

98.38

85.93ab

98.45a

Peanut oil

93.86a

84.06ab

86.86ab

80.52abc

98.62

97.58

79.52abc

98.18ab

Corn oil

93.90a

85.76ab

89.92a

89.30a

97.16

98.12

85.50ab

97.96abc

Canola oil

95.54a

86.97a

86.18ab

89.71a

98.87

97.41

84.18ab

98.16ab

Rice oil

92.80ab

84.93ab

88.97ab

88.47a

97.35

97.84

85.43ab

97.03abc

Soybean oil

94.53a

84.87ab

83.26abc

67.94bc

97.57

94.95

77.89bc

96.63abc

Palm oil

89.80b

79.65b

70.98c

61.81c

95.44

94.64

69.78c

94.93bc

Cottonseed oil

93.43ab

84.32ab

75.68bc

73.12abc

93.65

95.82

80.22abc

94.62c

Flaxseed oil

93.70a

85.42ab

88.30ab

87.64ab

96.87

96.21

86.49ab

97.16abc

Coconut oil

92.96ab

84.83ab

78.49abc

75.95abc

93.27

94.48

91.10a

94.51c

SEM

0.728

1.282

2.690

3.972

2.407

0.834

2.539

0.662

P value

< 0.001

0.034

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.102

0.071

< 0.001

< 0.001

  1. EE Ether extract, AEE Acid-hydrolyzed ether extract, SFA Saturated fatty acid, UFA Unsaturated fatty acids
  2. a,b,c Least squares means within a column with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05)