Table 7 Effects of dietary Clostridium butyricum (CB) and rumen protected fat (RPF) on the fatty acid (FA) composition (mg/100 g of total FA) in Longissimus thoracis of goats

Total FA

2,089

2,292

2,138

2,287

51.4

0.678

0.003

0.602

SFA

 12:0

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.7

0.23

0.849

0.810

0.372

 14:0

50.6

45.3

50.3

50.4

2.82

0.413

0.370

0.343

 15:0

19.6

16.2

21.1

18.6

2.56

0.454

0.261

0.862

 16:0

422.5

503.6

385.9

458.6

15.0

0.013

 < 0.001

0.782

 17:0

40.2

36.7

39.7

43.2

2.17

0.179

0.986

0.119

 18:0

333.6

336.8

343.6

343.5

18.7

0.658

0.936

0.930

 21:0

12.5

12.6

13.0

12.3

1.16

0.909

0.805

0.742

MUFA

 c9-14:1

4.7

4.5

5.1

5.2

0.39

0.193

0.994

0.742

 c9-16:1

45.6

41.3

46.6

49.5

2.95

0.135

0.820

0.237

 c9-17:1

29.1

30.6

30.4

31.2

2.68

0.727

0.668

0.906

 c9-18:1

871.1

992.3

918.4

988.9

26.5

0.418

0.002

0.350

 c11-18:1

27.3

27.5

26.8

27.9

1.36

0.948

0.647

0.737

 t10-18:1

12.3

12.2

12.5

13.3

0.873

0.472

0.648

0.626

 t11-18:1

25.2

26.2

24.0

25.5

1.08

0.388

0.235

0.802

PUFA

 18:2, n-6

137.3

138.9

149.3

148.5

9.18

0.253

0.968

0.901

 CLA c9t11

6.89

7.71

6.90

7.44

0.387

0.757

0.094

0.734

 18:3, n-3

4.54

5.29

6.78

6.53

0.321

 < 0.001

0.441

0.139

 20:2, n-6

1.14

1.35

1.15

1.33

0.072

0.990

0.014

0.848

 20:3, n-6

3.59

3.91

3.76

3.93

0.132

0.476

0.081

0.572

 20:4, n-6

24.8

32.2

31.1

31.0

2.70

0.352

0.189

0.177

 20:5, n-3

3.71

4.18

5.20

4.62

0.280

0.003

0.848

0.080

 22:5, n-3

6.79

7.35

6.68

6.88

0.507

0.573

0.466

0.725

 22:6, n-3

2.82

2.89

2.91

2.97

0.315

0.788

0.834

0.981

 SFA

871.0

943.0

844.9

918.9

31.4

0.434

0.031

0.974

 MUFA

1027

1147

1076

1154

30.3

0.362

0.004

0.509

 PUFA

191.2

203.8

214.8

213.3

7.98

0.048

0.508

0.388