. 2013 Jun 11;7:103–123. doi: 10.4137/GRSB.S12005

Table 4.

Percentage of long-chain fatty acids in liver triacylglycerol during the peripartal period in cows fed (n = 5/treatment) control, fish oil (FISH), or saturated lipid (SFAT).

Fatty acid	Treatment	Day				SEM^†	P value

		−21	−10	1	11		Diet	Time	D = T^‡
16:0	CON	32.21	33.23	38.76	39.37	1.80	0.03	<0.01	0.87
	SFAT	35.10	36.70	39.14	40.42
	FISH	33.05	33.03	35.46	37.10
18:0	CON	20.59	18.00	6.87	7.56	1.93	0.18	<0.01	0.82
	SFAT	18.11	18.87	9.37	6.27
	FISH	16.86	15.56	6.59	5.77
18:1cis9	CON	14.28	13.82	20.90	20.72	2.63	0.92	<0.01	0.21
	SFAT	14.35	12.81	21.16	19.57
	FISH	20.04	14.00	14.92	21.69
18:1trans11	CON	0.85	0.99	1.07	0.72	0.24	0.04	0.01	0.06
	SFAT	0.84	0.66	1.22	0.86
	FISH	0.41	1.47	1.76	1.43
18:2c9t11	CON	0.07	0.12	0.26	0.26	0.04	0.85	<0.01	0.33
	SFAT	0.12	0.08	0.26	0.20
	FISH	0.11	0.04	0.29	0.28
18:2n-6	CON	4.48	4.88	6.45	7.75	0.60	0.14	<0.01	0.80
	SFAT	4.29	4.36	5.52	6.42
	FISH	3.68	4.01	6.22	7.31
18:3n-3	CON	0.50	0.73	1.36	1.34	0.20	0.33	<0.01	0.19
	SFAT	0.89	0.46	1.54	1.16
	FISH	0.62	0.54	1.74	1.74
20:4n-6	CON	2.24	2.77	0.60	0.81	0.59	0.90	<0.01	0.44
	SFAT	2.92	2.42	0.45	0.51
	FISH	1.81	3.93	0.66	0.57
20:5n-3	CON	0.06^α	0.24^β	0.07^a,α	0.11^a,α,β	0.06	<0.01	0.23	0.04
	SFAT	0.15	0.11	0.06^a	0.10^a
	FISH	0.09^α	0.25^α,β	0.36^b,β,γ	0.29^b,β,γ
22:5n-3	CON	0.62^α	1.30^b,β	0.62^a,α	0.61^a,α	0.20	<0.01	0.02	<0.01
	SFAT	0.52	0.69^a	0.61^a	0.56^a
	FISH	0.47^α	0.84^a,b,α	1.61^b,β	1.57^b,β
22:6n-3	CON	0.04^b	0.27^a,b	0.04^a	0.06^a	0.10	<0.01	<0.01	<0.01
	SFAT	0.35^a,α	0.04^a,β	0.06^a,β	0.04^a,β
	FISH	0.09^a,b,α	0.46^b,β	1.26^b,γ	1.01^b,γ

Notes:

^†

Standard error of the mean;

^‡

diet × time interaction.

^a–c

Difference (P < 0.05) between diets on the same day.

^α,β,γ,δ

Significant interactions (P < 0.05) within a diet and between days.