. 2013 Oct;77(4):314–318.

Table I.

Percentage of selected fatty acids (FA) (g/100 g of total FA) in milk fat of beef cows at the end of periods 1 and 2. Minor FA have been excluded from table, but are included in totals

	Period 1				Period 2

Fatty acids	Flax	Soybean	S_χ̄	P	Flax	Soybean	S_χ̄	P
C 10:0	2.36	2.28	0.051	0.306	2.36	2.21	0.057	0.054
C 12:0	2.76	2.62	0.064	0.118	2.71	2.54	0.067	0.089
C 14:0	9.06	8.31	0.143	0.0003	9.42	8.61	0.157	0.0004
C15:0	1.58	1.40	0.019	0.0001	1.37	1.25	0.015	0.0001
C16:0	22.6	22.3	0.260	0.461	22.4	22.1	0.328	0.426
C18:0	16.4	16.6	0.300	0.693	14.8	14.0	0.275	0.051
C18:1n-9	23.5	22.9	0.280	0.167	23.8	24.2	0.288	0.400
C18:2n-6	1.06	2.36	0.051	0.0001	1.12	2.30	0.057	0.0001
C18:1n-7t	2.43	3.62	0.079	0.0001	3.21	4.34	0.100	0.0001
c9, t11-CLA	0.79	1.12	0.022	0.0001	1.12	1.64	0.033	0.0001
C20:4n-6	0.09	0.11	0.003	0.0001	0.09	0.11	0.002	0.0001
C18:3n-3	0.96	0.97	0.012	0.628	1.04	1.02	0.016	0.245
C20:5n-3	0.12	0.09	0.002	0.0001	0.11	0.09	0.002	0.0001
C22:5n-3	0.17	0.13	0.004	0.0001	0.14	0.13	0.003	0.0001
C22:6n-3	0.03	0.02	0.002	0.009	0.03	0.02	0.001	0.288
SFA	60.3	58.9	0.34	0.007	58.3	55.8	0.40	0.0001
MFA	29.1	29.8	0.31	0.149	30.5	32.0	0.32	0.001
PUFA	3.30	4.95	0.077	0.0001	3.75	5.46	0.092	0.0001
n-3 FA	1.28	1.22	0.015	0.007	1.32	1.27	0.017	0.024
n-6 FA	1.23	2.60	0.052	0.0001	1.31	2.55	0.060	0.0001
n-3/n-6	1.09	0.49	0.019	0.0001	1.06	0.52	0.021	0.0001

SFA — saturated FA; MUFA — monounsaturated FA; PUFA — polyunsaturated FA; n-6 — omega-6 FA; n-3 — omega-3 FA; c9, t11-CLA — conjugated linoleic acid. S_χ̄ — standard error of the mean.