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

Table 3.

Fatty acid profile (mg g⁻¹ DM) of ruminal digesta from steers fed grass and sugar beet (GS), and GS with the addition of flax (GSF) or echium oil (GSE).^*

Fatty acid	Diets			SED	P
Fatty acid	GS	GSF	GSE	SED	P
Branched and odd chain fatty acids (BOC)	1.437^a	1.450^a	1.547^a	0.060	0.231
12:0	0.612^a	0.651^a	0.653^a	0.03	0.350
14:0	0.312^a	0.336^b	0.334^b	0.007	0.016
16:0	3.207^a	4.251^b	4.980^c	0.140	< 0.001
18:0	4.193^a	9.783^b	11.061^b	0.580	< 0.001
18:1 trans-6,-7,-8	0.024^a	0.246^b	0.253^b	0.009	< 0.001
18:1 trans-9	0.019^a	0.166^b	0.217^c	0.006	< 0.001
18:1 trans-10	0.030^a	0.201^b	0.246^c	0.001	< 0.001
18:1 trans-11	0.555^a	2.999^b	4.797^c	0.320	< 0.001
18:1 trans-12	0.034^a	0.231^b	0.291^c	0.013	< 0.001
Sum 18:1 trans	0.850^a	4.926^b	6.832^c	0.352	< 0.001
18:1 cis-9	0.606^a	3.423^b	3.419^b	0.176	< 0.001
18:1 cis-11	0.089^a	0.120^b	0.221^c	0.008	< 0.001
18:1 cis-12	0.010^a	0.082^b	0.051^c	0.008	< 0.001
18:1 cis-13	0.011^a	0.027^b	0.030^b	0.003	< 0.001
Sum 18:1 cis	0.126^a	0.378^b	0.388^b	0.021	< 0.001
18:2 cis-9, trans-11	0.029^a	0.274^b	0.332^c	0.022	< 0.001
18:2 trans-9, trans-12	0.009^a	0.054^b	0.029^c	0.006	< 0.001
18:2 cis-9, cis-12	1.429^a	2.162^b	2.331^b	0.238	0.015
18:2 trans-10, cis-12	0.018^a	0.019^a	0.021^a	0.003	0.538
18:2 trans-11, trans-13	0.016^a	0.124^b	0.125^b	0.011	< 0.001
Sum 18:2 Conjugated linoleic acid	0.081^a	0.470^b	0.579^c	0.033	< 0.001
18:2n-6	1.429^a	2.162^b	2.331^b	0.240	0.020
18:3n-3	1.104^a	3.670^b	2.970^b	0.374	< 0.001
18:4n-3	0.049^a	0.041^a	1.261^b	0.170	< 0.001
20:0	0.190^a	0.248^b	0.257^b	0.011	< 0.001
20:4	ND	ND	ND	NA	NA
20:5	0.000^a	0.008^b	0.013^c	0.000	< 0.001
22:5	ND	ND	ND	NA	NA
22:6	ND	ND	ND	NA	NA
Sum LCPUFA (C20 and above)	0.681^a	0.921^b	1.166^c	0.082	0.001
Total fatty acids	13.72^a	35.75^b	38.97^b	2.145	< 0.001

Values are means; n ≥ 5.

Numbers with a different superscript vary significantly (P < 0.05) from each other. ND, not detectable; SED, standard deviation.