Table 4.

Content of fat and fatty acids in colostrum and milk (%) (lactations I and II)

Constituents found in colostrum and milk		Day of lactation	LSM	SE	Significance of impact
Milk fat		1	5.23	0.23	**
		14	7.19	0.22
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)	C14:0	1	2.97	0.21	**
		14	5.20	0.23
	C16:0	1	23.59	1.67	*
		14	28.54	1.60
	C18:0	1	8.74	0.43	NS
		14	9.32	0.40
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA)	C18:1	1	20.99	2.43	NS
		14	25.81	2.32
	C18:2; n-6	1	26.85	1.82	**
		14	17.87	1.71
	C18:3; n-3	1	16.86	1.13	*
		14	13.25	1.16
SFA		1	35.30	1.88	**
		14	43.06	1.80
UFA		1	64.70	1.78	**
		14	56.93	1.90
UFA/SFA		1	1.84	0.25	**
		14	1.33	0.09
n-6/n-3		1	1.58	0.04	*
		14	1.32	0.03

^*Impact statistically significant at the level of P ≤ 0.05.

^**Impact statistically highly significant at the level of P ≤ 0.01. NS, impact statistically non-significant.