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. 2013 Jun 17;9:118. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-9-118

Table 1.

Total lipids and fatty acid composition of subcutaneous adipose tissue from Alentejana and Barrosã breeds fed either high or low silage-based diets1-3

 
Alentejana
Barrosã
P
 
HS
LS
HS
LS
Breed
Diet
Breed × Diet
  Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE      
Total lipids
58.44
1.748
59.67
1.063
63.89
1.729
65.17
1.689
0.002
0.434
0.987
Main individual fatty acids
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  14:0§
3.50
0.198
3.52
0.189
2.98
0.130
3.23
0.164
0.024
0.426
0.517
  16:0§
27.24
0.429
26.57
0.552
23.63
0.444
25.11
0.659
<0.001
0.449
0.051
  16:1c9§
4.03
0.380
3.83
0.242
4.89
0.263
5.41
0.248
<0.001
0.590
0.218
  a-17:0§
1.30
0.026
1.13
0.031
1.45
0.035
1.35
0.038
<0.001
<0.001
0.315
  18:0
14.53
0.776
12.94
0.804
11.44
0.713
9.75
0.658
<0.001
0.034
0.946
  18:1t11
1.41
0.123
1.36
0.129
1.88
0.125
1.74
0.113
0.002
0.456
0.705
  18:1c9§
33.5
1.019
34.65
0.835
37.43
0.752
37.18
0.872
<0.001
0.610
0.431
  18:1c11
4.13
0.396
3.7
0.367
4.32
0.144
4.53
0.142
0.093
0.692
0.279
  CLA(c9t11)
0.40
0.034
0.34
0.026
0.80
0.041
0.81
0.041
<0.001
0.504
0.324
  18:2n-6
1.49b
0.030
2.29c
0.141
1.70a
0.050
1.82a
0.064
0.181
<0.001
0.002
Partial sums
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Σ SFA
46.89
1.000
44.76
1.303
39.61
1.035
39.21
1.184
<0.001
0.273
0.453
 Σ MUFA
44.89
1.034
46.00
1.323
50.62
1.092
51.54
1.223
<0.001
0.395
0.933
 Σ TFA
2.73
0.181
3.57
0.277
3.75
0.176
3.79
0.145
0.004
0.037
0.057
 Σ PUFA
1.80a
0.101
2.58c
0.144
2.07b
0.055
2.11b
0.067
0.347
<0.001
0.001
 Σ n-3 PUFA
0.27a
0.012
0.26a
0.016
0.32b
0.008
0.25a
0.005
0.081
<0.001
0.012
 Σ n-6 PUFA
1.53a
0.090
2.32c
0.134
1.75b
0.049
1.86b
0.065
0.216
<0.001
0.001
 Σ BCFA 2.69 0.085 2.06 0.051 2.77 0.068 2.25 0.060 0.051 <0.001 0.411

1Different superscripts differ at least P < 0.05. SFA, sum of 12:0,14:0, 15:0, 16:0, 17:0, 18:0 and 20:0; MUFA, sum of 14:1c9, 16:1c7, 16:1c9, 17:1c9, 18:1c9, 18:1c11, 18:1c12, 18:1c13, 18:1c15, 19:1 and 20:1c11; TFA, sum of 18:1t6-t8, 18:1t9, 18:1t10, 18:1t11, 18:1t12, 18:1t16 + c14, 18:2c9t11 and 18:2t11c15; PUFA, sum of 18:2n-6, 18:3n-3, 20:3n-6 and 20:4n-6; BCFA, sum of i-14:0, i-15:0, a-15:0, i-16:0, i-17:0, a-17:0 and i-18:0.

2Total lipids are expressed as g/100 g muscle; fatty acid composition is expressed as g/100 g fatty acids.

3HS, High silage; LS, Low silage.

§Variable adjusted for total lipids.