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Table 7.

Impact of fat and fatty acids on mortality of piglets

Components found in colostrum and milk		Significance of impact	Statistical indices	Mean piglet mortality in the entire rearing period at different levels of component content (%)
		Significance of impact	Statistical indices	Level I	Level II	Level III
Milk fat		NS	LSM	20.05	11.33	4.44
		NS	SE	10.50	4.50	3.85
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)	C14:0	NS	LSM	3.87	5.24	11.34
	C14:0	NS	SE	1.15	2.10	3.90
	C16:0	NS	LSM	7.23	8.22	9.33
	C16:0	NS	SE	3.50	2.65	4.14
	C18:0	^*	LSM	5.32	3.73 a	16.32 b
	C18:0	^*	SE	3.81	1.20	4.20
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA)	C18:1	NS	LSM	13.9	8.24	3.89
	C18:1	NS	SE	1.17	4.13	1.05
	C18:2; n-6	NS	LSM	11.70	5.10	0
	C18:2; n-6	NS	SE	6.2	4.20	0
	C18:3; n-3	NS	LSM	12.60	7.20	4.40
	C18:3; n-3	NS	SE	3.82	3.20	2.50
SFA		NS	LSM	3.36	6.70	9.50
		NS	SE	2.27	1.75	3.32
UFA		NS	LSM	6.90	4.50	2.90
		NS	SE	4.35	2.90	1.70

Impact statistically significant at the level of P ≤ 0.05.

**Impact statistically highly significant at the level of P ≤ 0.01. Means designated with different small letters (a, b) differ statistically at the level of P ≤ 0.05. The whole rearing period of piglets comprises the time from farrowing to the 21st day of lactation. NS, impact statistically non-significant.