. 2014 Sep 16;8(2):331–341. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.12164

Table 2.

Nutrient intake (kg day⁻¹) and fatty acid intake (g day⁻¹) for steers fed grass and sugar beet (GS), and GS with the addition of flax (GSF) or echium oil (GSE).^*

	Diets			SED	P
	GS	GSF	GSE	SED	P
Dry matter (DM)	7.61^a	7.64^a	7.60^a	0.02	0.998
Water-soluble carbohydrate (WSC)	1.49^a	1.49^a	1.49^a	0.00	0.999
Total nitrogen (N)	1.92^a	1.92^a	1.92^a	0.00	0.999
Acid-detergent fibre (ADF)	2.97^a	2.97^a	2.97^a	0.00	0.999
Neutral-detergent fibre (NDF)	5.37^a	5.39^a	5.36^a	0.01	0.998
Fatty acids
12:0	0.61^a	0.65^a	0.65^a	0.03	0.350
14:0	2.34^a	2.42^a	2.44^a	0.11	0.654
16:0	32.7^a	45.0^b	48.4^b	1.97	< 0.001
18:0	2.86^a	16.2^c	10.6^b	0.52	< 0.001
18:1 trans-10	0.07^a	0.09^b	0.09^b	0.00	< 0.001
18:1 trans-11	0.05^a	0.05^a	0.05^a	0.00	0.999
18:2n-6	37.3^a	73.5^b	71.4^b	2.91	< 0.001
18:3n-3	37.3^a	160^c	114^b	5.33	< 0.001
18:4n-3	0.36^a	0.75^a	34.7^b	0.93	< 0.001
LCPUFA (C20 and above)	2.20^a	2.36^a	2.43^a	0.11	0.127
Total fatty acids	140^a	384^b	380^b	14.8	< 0.001

Values are means; n ≤ 5.

Numbers with a different superscript vary significantly (P < 0.05) from each other. SED, standard deviation.