Table 1.
Fat content and fatty acid composition of the diets
High fat control | Fish Oil (FO) | Krill Oil (KO) | |
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Fat source (% in diet) | |||
Lard | 21,3 % | 15,7 % | 15,6 % |
Soy oil | 2,3 % | 2,3 % | 2,3 % |
Fish/krill oil | 5,8 % | 5,6 % | |
Fatty acids (% of total fatty acids in diet) | |||
Total SFA | 42,9 % | 34,1 % | 39,7 % |
Total MUFA | 38,7 % | 32,1 % | 35,4 % |
Total ω6 | 16,4 % | 14,5 % | 14,6 % |
EPA | 0,03 % | 9,0 % | 5,2 % |
DHA | 0,05 % | 6,4 % | 2,3 % |
The content of EPA and DHA in the KO diet was about half of the FO diet