TABLE 1.

Major components of experimental diets

The two diets were identical except for the type of fat used: linoleic acid in the SL diet and oleic acid in the SO diet.

	Diet
	SL	SO
Total milk protein and casein (g/kg diet)	212.8	212.8
Fat (g/kg diet)	140.4	140.4
Carbohydrate (g/kg diet)	510.7	510.7
Fatty acid composition (%)
Palmitic acid 16:0	7.3	6.7
Stearic acid 18:0	2.6	4.2
Oleic acid 18:1 (n-9)	13.4	72.3
Linoleic acid 18:2 (n-6)	76.4	10.7
α-Linolenic acid 18:3 (n-3)	0.2	4.4
Other fatty acids	0	1.7
Carbohydrate composition (%)
Sucrose	70	70
Dextrin	30	30
Total energy (kJ/g)	17.8	17.8