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. 2013 Nov;26(11):1637–1643. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13174

Table 4.

Fatty acid profile (% of fatty acids methyl esters) from LD muscle of foals slaughtered at 6, 11 and 18 months

	Age			Significance	SEM
	6 months	11 months	18 months	Significance	SEM
C 12:0	1.55^a	1.28^b	1.25^b	^*	0.27
C 14:0	5.86	5.34	5.02	ns	0.36
C 14:1	1.01^A	1.36^B	1.38^B	^**	0.23
C 16:0	30.98	31.77	30.92	ns	1.00
C 16:1	0.81^a	1.11^b	1.16^b	^*	0.12
C 18:0	7.01	7.02	7.31	ns	0.32
C 18:1	27.07	26.01	28.02	ns	1.15
C 18:2	1.01	1.27	1.15	ns	0.21
C 18:2 n6	19.01	18.82	18.91	ns	1.09
C 18:3 n6	0.55	0.66	0.71	ns	0.17
C 18:3 n3	4.30	4.50	4.62	ns	0.34
C 20:4 n6	0.53	0.56	0.71	ns	0.10
n-3/n-6	0.22	0.23	0.23	ns	0.02
SFA	45.38	45.36	44.49	ns	1.51
MUFA	28.90^a	28.47^a	30.56^b	^*	1.01
PUFA	25.41	25.82	26.09	ns	1.33
SFA/MUFA	1.57	1.60	1.44	ns	0.12
SFA/PUFA	1.80	1.74	1.71	ns	0.18

Significance:

^**

p<0.01,

^*

p<0.05,

ns = Not significant.

SFA = Satured fatty acids; MUFA = Mono-unsatured fatty acids; PUFA = Poly-unsatured fatty acids.