Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (g/kg feed) of experimental diets.

Fatty acids	Starter (1–21 days)			Finisher (22–42 days)
	CON	LCLA	HCLA	CON	LCLA	HCLA
C12:0	0.73	0.48	0.23	0.76	0.51	0.26
C14:0	3.19	1.69	0.19	3.23	1.72	0.22
C16:0	23.00	15.72	8.43	23.34	16.06	8.78
C16:1	0.53	0.28	0.03	0.53	0.28	0.03
C18:0	2.71	14.52	26.32	2.81	14.62	26.42
C18:1n-9	29.74	23.53	17.30	31.33	25.12	18.90
C18:2n-6	12.00	10.05	8.03	12.18	10.20	8.20
C18:3n-3	0.79	0.54	0.29	0.82	0.57	0.32
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	0.00	2.97	5.97	0.00	3.00	5.95
trans-10, cis-12 CLA	0.00	2.92	5.90	0.00	2.93	5.91
aTotal SFA	29.63	32.41	35.18	30.13	32.91	35.69
bTotal MUFA	30.27	23.81	17.34	31.86	25.40	18.94
cTotal n-3 PUFA	0.79	0.54	0.29	0.82	0.57	0.32
dTotal n-6 PUFA	12.00	10.05	8.03	12.18	10.20	8.20
Total PUFA	12.79	10.59	8.33	13.00	10.77	8.52
en-6 : n-3FAR	15.16	18.54	27.53	14.77	17.75	25.27
PUFA : SFA	0.43	0.33	0.24	0.43	0.33	0.24
fTotal CLA	0.00	5.89	11.86	0.00	5.93	11.86

CON: control; LCLA: low conjugated linoleic acid; HCLA: high conjugated linoleic acid.

^aTotal SFA = sum of C12:0 + C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0.

^bTotal MUFA = sum of C16:1 + C18:1n-9.

^cTotal n-3 PUFA = sum of C18:3n-3.

^dTotal n-6 PUFA = sum of C18:2n-6.

^en-6 : n-3 fatty acid ratio (FAR) = sum of C18:2n-6 ÷ sum of C18:3n-3.

^fTotal CLA = sum of cis-9, trans-11 CLA + trans-10, cis-12 CLA.