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. 2024 May 31;14(11):1642. doi: 10.3390/ani14111642

Table 3.

Milk chemical composition.

CTR M TRT M p-Value
Caseins (%) 2.76 ± 0.01 2.66 ± 0.01 0.06
Lactose (%) 4.79 ± 0.04 4.86 ± 0.05 0.29
Lipids (%) 4.55 ± 0.03 3.96 ± 0.03 0.07
Proteins (%) 3.68 ± 0.01 3.56 ± 0.01 0.08
Urea (mg/L) 27.49 ± 1.27 28.13 ± 0.01 0.68
pH 6.69 ± 0.01 6.73 ± 0.01 0.21
Zinc (mg/kg) 3.7 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.2 0.83
C4:0 2.64 ± 0.14 3.04 ± 0.92 0.60
C6:0 2.11 ± 0.08 2.39 ± 0.63 0.59
C8:0 1.46 ± 0.05 1.59 ± 0.37 0.67
C10:0 3.55 ± 0.10 3.81 ± 0.59 0.60
C12:0 4.32 ± 0.09 4.60 ± 0.56 0.56
C14:0 14.37 ± 0.56 14.85 ± 0.14 0.65
C15:0 0.48 ± 0.00 0.48 ± 0.02 0.83
C16:0 36.83 ± 0.55 35.97 ± 0.46 0.23
C18:0 7,82 ± 0.46 7.68 ± 0.01 0.88
C20:0 0.19 ± 0.04 0.17 ± 0.05 0.71
C14:1 1.75 ± 0.06 1.65 ± 0.05 0.21
C16:1 2.95 ± 0.06 2.23 ± 0.08 0.13
C18:1 trans11 0.56 ± 0.08 0.74 ± 0.11 0.19
C18:1 cis 9 19.04 ± 0.03 18.22 ± 0.22 0.65
C18:2 1.52 ± 0.00 1.59 ± 0.22 0.70
C18:3 0.28 ± 0.21 0.15 ± 0.03 0.48
SFA 73.78 ± 0.16 74.59 ± 0.70 0.71
MUFA 23.41 ± 0.05 22.84 ± 0.36 0.77
PUFA 1.80 ± 0.21 1.74 ± 0.24 0.81
CLA 1.02 ± 0.10 0.82 ± 0.10 0.19
SCFA 4.75 ± 0.21 5.43 ± 0.54 0.60
MCFA 32.96 ± 0.62 33.60 ± 0.93 0.79
LCFA 69.31 ± 0.17 67.58 ± 0.27 0.62
ΔC14 0.11 ± 0.00 0.10 ± 0.00 0.11
ΔC16:1 0.05 ± 0.00 0.06 ± 0.00 0.09
ΔC18:1 0.71 ± 0.01 0.70 ± 0.00 0.59
ΔCLA 0.64 ± 0.06 0.53 ± 0.01 0.09
AI 3.91 ± 0.15 4.10 ± 0.62 0.72
TI 6.24 ± 0.06 6.38 ± 0.23 0.49

Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation (n = 3); Fatty acids are reported as means of relative percentage of total fatty acids; CTR M: control milk; TRT M: experimental milk; ns = not significant (p > 0.05); SFA = Saturated Fatty Acids; MUFA = Monounsaturated Fatty Acids; PUFA = Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids; CLA = Conjugated Linoleic Acids; Δ = Desaturation Index. ΔC14 = C14:1/(C14:1 + C14:0); ΔC16:1 = C16:1/(C16:1/C16); ΔC18:1 = C18:1/(C18:1 + C18:0); ΔCLA = CLA/(CLA + C18:1, t11); ΔCLA = (CLA/(C18:1, t11 + CLA)] × 100; AI = (C12:0 + 4 × C14:0 + C16:0)/(MUFA + PUFA(n3, n6); TI = (C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0)/(0.5 × MUFA) + (0.5 × PUFAn6) + (3 × PUFAn3) + (n3/n6).