Table 5.
Fatty acid profile (% of fatty acids methyl esters) from Longissimus dorsi muscle of foals fed with low nutritive level (150%), medium nutritive level (180%) and high nutritive level (200%)
| Nutritive level | Significance | SEM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150% | 180% | 200% | |||
| C 12:0 | 1.61a | 1.28b | 1.45 | * | 0.18 |
| C 14:0 | 6.09 | 5.34 | 5.60 | n.s. | 0.21 |
| C 14:1 | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.40 | n.s. | 0.12 |
| C 16:0 | 33.28 | 31.77 | 32.53 | n.s. | 1.08 |
| C 16:1 | 1.25 | 1.11 | 1.14 | n.s. | 0.09 |
| C 18:0 | 6.81 | 7.02 | 6.55 | n.s. | 0.21 |
| C 18:1 | 25.80 | 26.01 | 25.44 | n.s. | 1.22 |
| C 18:2 | 1.06 | 1.27 | 1.17 | n.s. | 0.09 |
| C 18:2 n6 | 17.71 | 18.82 | 18.04 | n.s. | 0.95 |
| C 18:3 n6 | 0.91 | 0.66A | 1.12B | ** | 0.09 |
| C 18:3 n3 | 4.48 | 4.50 | 4.31 | n.s. | 0.28 |
| C 20:4 n6 | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.67 | n.s. | 0.11 |
| n-3/n-6 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.22 | n.s. | 0.03 |
| SFA | 47.75a | 45.36b | 46.12 | * | 1.43 |
| MUFA | 23.84 | 28.47 | 25.30 | n.s. | 1.01 |
| PUFA | 28.44 | 25.82 | 27.94 | n.s. | 1.56 |
| SFA/MUFA | 1.68 | 1.60 | 1.70 | n.s. | 0.14 |
| SFA/PUFA | 1.99a | 1.74b | 1.84 | * | 0.21 |
Significance: **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, n.s., not significant. MUFA, mono-unsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, poly-unsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids.