Table 2.
Major PUFA of feline tissues when diets after 300 d of feeding (mol/100 mol)
| Tissue | GL diet | HL diet | LL diet (control) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or (median) | SD or (range) | Mean or (median) | SD or (range) | Mean or (median) | SD or (range) | |
| LA (18 : 2n-6) | ||||||
| Plasma | 21·5a | 2·8 | 35·7b | 1·9 | 28·5c | 1·9 |
| Uterus | 8·6a | 0·3 | 16·8b | 0·8 | 13·9c | 1·1 |
| Ovary | 7·7 | 7·7 | 9·6 | 4·6 | 8·7 | 2·6 |
| Adipose | 16·2a | 0·7 | 32·3b | 0·9 | 15·2a | 0·5 |
| GLA (18 : 3n-6) | ||||||
| Plasma | 0·6a | 0·3 | 0·2b | 0·1 | 0·3b | 0·1 |
| Uterus | (0·0) | (0·0–0·2) | (0·0) | (0·0–0·1) | (0·0) | (0·0–0·7) |
| Ovary | 0·4 | 0·6 | 0·4 | 0·8 | 0·3 | 0·6 |
| Adipose | (0·6)a | (0·04–0·7) | (0·0)b | (0·0–0·1) | (0·0)b | (0·0–0·6) |
| DGLA (20 : 3n-6) | ||||||
| Plasma | 10·6a | 4·2 | 0·8b | 0·3 | 1·9b | 0·2 |
| Uterus | 4·0a | 0·9 | 1·2b | 0·5 | 1·5b | 0·5 |
| Ovary | 4·0a | 1·1 | 1·9b | 1·4 | 2·0b | 1·1 |
| Adipose | 0·6a | 0·2 | 0·06b | 0·08 | 0·12b | 0·08 |
| ARA (20 : 4 n-6) | ||||||
| Plasma | 5·3a | 0·9 | 2·2b | 0·6 | 4·1c | 0·4 |
| Uterus | 15·8a | 0·7 | 10·3b | 0·8 | 12·1b | 0·7 |
| Ovary | 12·6 | 3·0 | 10·0 | 2·3 | 11·5 | 3·3 |
| Adipose | 0·20a | 0·05 | 0·07b | 0·03 | 0·15a,b | 0·3 |
Values are mean and sd for parametric data, whereas those in parentheses are median and range of values for non-parametric data. GL diet (n 10), HL diet (n 7) and LL diet (n 9); superscript letters not in common in a row indicate statistically significant differences among diet groups; P<0·05.