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Table 4 Effects of high-grain diet (HG) or conventional diet (CON) on plasma fatty acid proportions1

From: Effects of high-grain diet feeding on fatty acid profiles in milk, blood, muscle, and adipose tissue, and transcriptional expression of lipid-related genes in muscle and adipose tissue of dairy cows

Item

CON

HG

SEM

P-value

C4:0

3.16

4.68

0.35

0.029

C6:0

2.81

3.61

0.17

0.020

C8:0

0.73

1.02

0.09

0.125

C10:0

0.49

0.63

0.05

0.201

C11:0

0.41

0.46

0.04

0.566

C12:0

0.64

0.72

0.04

0.293

C13:0

0.57

0.59

0.04

0.852

C14:0

1.00

1.14

0.34

0.848

C14:1 cis9

0.55

0.68

0.07

0.377

C15:0

0.66

0.55

0.09

0.573

C16:0

11.32

12.62

0.57

0.279

C16:1 cis9

0.89

0.64

0.06

0.032

C17:0

0.70

0.61

0.05

0.375

C17:1 trans10

11.16

13.86

0.67

0.041

C18:0

14.31

15.03

0.26

0.181

C18:1 trans9

2.48

1.78

0.24

0.169

C18:2 trans9,12

0.52

0.58

0.03

0.321

C18:2 cis9,12

38.89

33.10

1.40

0.033

C20:0

0.54

0.64

0.05

0.342

C18:3 cis9,12,15

0.89

0.92

0.09

0.894

C20 cis11

1.81

1.61

0.18

0.598

C20:3 cis8,11,14

2.80

2.49

0.09

0.093

C20:3 cis11,14,17

2.66

2.06

0.19

0.120

SFA

37.34

42.29

1.29

0.051

UFA

62.66

57.71

1.29

0.051

MUFA

16.89

18.57

0.51

0.116

PUFA

45.77

39.14

1.54

0.026

C ≤ 16

23.23

27.33

1.10

0.058

C > 16

76.77

72.67

1.10

0.058

  1. SEM Standard error of the mean between the two treatments, SFA Saturated fatty acid, UFA Unsaturated fatty acid, MUFA Monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids
  2. 1g/100 g of total fatty acid