Table 2. Effect of feed restriction in the fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of the fat tail in Damara ram lambs.
| Fatty Acid | Growth | SEM | Restricted | SEM | P value |
| N | 12 | 11 | |||
| 10:0 | 0.13 | ±0.016 | 0.12 | ±0.017 | 0.436 |
| 10:0–4Me/-6 Me | 0.16 | ±0.019 | 0.12 | ±0.020 | 0.201 |
| 11:0 | 0.05 | ±0.004 | 0.04 | ±0.004 | 0.917 |
| 11:0–4 Me | 0.11 | ±0.011 | 0.10 | ±0.012 | 0.669 |
| 11:0–4,8 Me | 0.08 | ±0.010 | 0.08 | ±0.011 | 0.802 |
| 12:0 | 0.07 | ±0.005 | 0.08 | ±0.005 | 0.140 |
| 12:0–4 Me | 0.20 | ±0.018 | 0.18 | ±0.019 | 0.276 |
| 12:0–8 Me | 0.12 | ±0.009 | 0.11 | ±0.009 | 0.574 |
| 12:0–4,8 Me | 0.19 | ±0.018 | 0.16 | ±0.019 | 0.250 |
| 13:0 | 0.09 | ±0.007 | 0.10 | ±0.007 | 0.482 |
| 13:0–6 Me | 0.03 | ±0.003 | 0.03 | ±0.003 | 0.268 |
| 13:0–4 Me | 0.18 | ±0.014 | 0.18 | ±0.015 | 0.864 |
| iso-14:0 | 0.04 | ±0.002 | 0.05 | ±0.002 | 0.795 |
| 13:0–4,8 Me | 0.11 | ±0.011 | 0.11 | ±0.011 | 0.944 |
| 14:0–2 Me | 0.05 | ±0.008 | 0.06 | ±0.009 | 0.416 |
| 14:0 | 2.00 | ±0.102 | 2.01 | ±0.107 | 0.911 |
| 14:0–6 Me | 0.36 | ±0.021 | 0.35 | ±0.022 | 0.771 |
| 14:0–8 Me | 0.33 | ±0.019 | 0.33 | ±0.019 | 0.768 |
| 14:0–4 Me | 0.68 | ±0.041 | 0.56 | ±0.044 | 0.074 |
| 14:0–10 Me | 0.37 | ±0.023 | 0.37 | ±0.024 | 0.970 |
| iso-15:0 | 0.48 | ±0.027 | 0.46 | ±0.028 | 0.667 |
| anteiso-15:0 | 0.35 | ±0.016 | 0.35 | ±0.017 | 0.910 |
| 14:0–2,6 Me | 0.14 | ±0.012 | 0.16 | ±0.013 | 0.240 |
| 14:1 cis-9 | 0.11 | ±0.012 | 0.09 | ±0.012 | 0.159 |
| 15:0 | 1.49 | ±0.068 | 1.50 | ±0.071 | 0.873 |
| 15:0–8 Me | 0.41 | ±0.028 | 0.46 | ±0.029 | 0.236 |
| 15:0–4 Me | 0.46 | ±0.032 | 0.49 | ±0.034 | 0.507 |
| iso-16:0 | 0.37 | ±0.018 | 0.39 | ±0.019 | 0.587 |
| 16:0–2 Me | 0.36 | ±0.028 | 0.46 | ±0.030 | 0.037 |
| 16:0 | 16.5 | ±0.41 | 14.9 | ±0.43 | 0.014 |
| 16:0–6 Me | 0.51 | ±0.033 | 0.50 | ±0.035 | 0.761 |
| 16:0–8 Me | 0.36 | ±0.021 | 0.40 | ±0.022 | 0.228 |
| 16:0–4 Me | 0.68 | ±0.042 | 0.56 | ±0.044 | 0.051 |
| 16:0–12 Me | 0.77 | ±0.040 | 0.74 | ±0.040 | 0.537 |
| iso-17:0 | 0.48 | ±0.020 | 0.47 | ±0.021 | 0.654 |
| 16:1 cis-7 | 0.34 | ±0.016 | 0.38 | ±0.016 | 0.152 |
| 16:1 cis-9/ anteiso- 17:0 | 2.71 | ±0.101 | 2.74 | ±0.106 | 0.864 |
| 17:0 | 3.43 | ±0.120 | 3.47 | ±0.125 | 0.807 |
| 17:0–12 Me | 0.23 | ±0.021 | 0.26 | ±0.022 | 0.393 |
| iso-18:0 | 0.23 | ±0.013 | 0.23 | ±0.014 | 0.781 |
| 17:1 cis-9 | 1.98 | ±0.125 | 2.25 | ±0.121 | 0.163 |
| 18:0 | 13.0 | ±0.63 | 12.5 | ±0.66 | 0.613 |
| 18:1 trans-6/7/8 | 0.29 | ±0.009 | 0.28 | ±0.010 | 0.408 |
| 18:1 trans-9 | 0.22 | ±0.007 | 0.22 | ±0.007 | 0.588 |
| 18:1 trans-10 | 0.24 | ±0.016 | 0.25 | ±0.017 | 0.903 |
| 18:1 trans-11 | 1.59 | ±0.129 | 1.41 | ±0.135 | 0.361 |
| 18:1 trans-12 | 0.32 | ±0.022 | 0.32 | ±0.023 | 0.898 |
| 18:1 cis-9 | 37.1 | ±0.75 | 39.3 | ±0.79 | 0.063 |
| 18:1 cis-11 | 2.13 | ±0.086 | 2.16 | ±0.089 | 0.755 |
| 18:1 cis-12 | 0.55 | ±0.016 | 0.57 | ±0.017 | 0.314 |
| 18:1 cis-13 | 0.29 | ±0.025 | 0.27 | ±0.027 | 0.500 |
| 18:1 trans-16/ cis-14 | 0.47 | ±0.039 | 0.45 | ±0.041 | 0739 |
| 18:1 cis-15 | 0.12 | ±0.017 | 0.11 | ±0.019 | 0.521 |
| 18:2 tt/ct/tc | 1.94 | ±0.127 | 1.86 | ±0.133 | 0.684 |
| 18:2 n-6 | 0.79 | ±0.040 | 0.69 | ±0.042 | 0.116 |
| 20:0 | 0.11 | ±0.005 | 0.12 | ±0.005 | 0.347 |
| 20:1 cis-11 | 0.04 | ±0.004 | 0.05 | ±0.005 | 0.060 |
| 18:3 n-3 | 1.03 | ±0.078 | 1.01 | ±0.081 | 0.812 |
| 18:2 cis-9, trans-11 | 0.90 | ±0.076 | 0.89 | ±0.079 | 0.930 |
| 18:3 cis-9, trans-11, cis-15 | 0.12 | ±0.008 | 0.08 | ±0.009 | 0.011 |
| Other | 1.06 | ±0.101 | 1.19 | ±0.105 | 0.373 |
| Partial Sums | |||||
| iso + anteiso BCFA | 1.96 | ±0.035 | 1.94 | ±0.068 | 0.852 |
| non-terminal BCFA | 6.90 | ±0.396 | 6.75 | ±0.413 | 0.794 |
| Total BCFA | 8.86 | ±0.425 | 8.69 | ±0.444 | 0.786 |
| Odd linear FA | 5.05 | ±0.167 | 5.11 | ±0.174 | 0.790 |
| Total odd linear + BCFA | 13.9 | ±0.53 | 13.8 | ±0.56 | 0.893 |
| BI | 7.01 | ±0.391 | 6.68 | ±0.409 | 0.568 |
| Total C18 FA | 61.1 | ±0.82 | 62.3 | ±0.86 | 0.302 |
Abbreviations: Me, methyl; BCFA, branched-chain fatty acids; BI, biohydrogenation intermediates, include total C18 FA minus 18:0, 18:1cis-9, 18:1cis-11, 18:2n-6 and 18:3n-3.