. 2016 Mar 1;11(3):e0150386. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150386

Table 4. Content^a (g/kg milk) of odd and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in milk from three breeds of dairy cow over four time points; 5 days in milk (DIM), 95 DIM, 185 DIM, 275 DIM.

	Time Point													P Value
	5 DIM			95 DIM			185 DIM			275 DIM			SE
Fatty acid	HO	JE	CB	HO	JE	CB	HO	JE	CB	HO	JE	CB		B^f	T^g	B x T^h
5:0	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.00	NS	^***	^*
7:0	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.00	NS	^***	^*
9:0	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.00	^*	^***	NS
11:0	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.09	0.12	0.10	0.11	0.16	0.12	0.12	0.17	0.13	0.01	^***	^***	^**
13:0	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.13	0.09	0.09	0.13	0.10	0.01	^**	^***	^**
iso-13:0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.00	NS	^***	NS
anteiso-13:0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.00	^**	^***	^*
iso-14:0	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.07	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.07	0.00	^***	^***	^***
15:0	0.32	0.25	0.28	0.52	0.59	0.52	0.52	0.68	0.50	0.53	0.72	0.53	0.03	^**	^***	^**
iso-15:0	0.09	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.08	0.10	0.08	0.10	0.13	0.10	0.00	^**	^***	^***
anteiso-15:0	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.18	0.21	0.17	0.20	0.25	0.21	0.00	^ƚ	^***	^**
iso-16:0	0.11	0.09	0.09	0.08	0.13	0.10	0.11	0.18	0.11	0.14	0.21	0.17	0.01	^***	^***	^***
17:0	0.38	0.31	0.32	0.29	0.32	0.29	0.28	0.37	0.28	0.29	0.39	0.31	0.02	^*	^*	^**
iso-17:0	0.15	0.12	0.14	0.13	0.12	0.12	0.11	0.13	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.13	0.01	NS	^**	^*
anteiso-17:0	0.17	0.15	0.13	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.01	NS	^***	NS
17:1 c9	0.18	0.12	0.13	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.09	0.08	0.01	NS	^***	^*
iso-18:0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	NS	^*	NS
Total OBCFA	2.28	1.82	1.92	2.19	2.50	2.24	2.32	2.96	2.22	2.42	3.21	2.55	0.11	^**	^***	^***
Total BCFA^b	0.70	0.58	0.59	0.57	0.69	0.61	0.65	0.82	0.62	0.71	0.94	0.78	0.03	^**	^***	^***
Total OCFA^c	1.59	1.24	1.33	1.62	1.81	1.63	1.67	2.14	1.60	1.71	2.27	1.77	0.09	^**	^***	^***
*Total iso* BCFA**^d	0.39	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.42	0.37	0.36	0.50	0.37	0.43	0.59	0.48	0.02	^**	^***	^***
*Total anteiso* BCFA**^e	0.31	0.26	0.25	0.24	0.27	0.24	0.29	0.32	0.26	0.28	0.35	0.30	0.02	^*	^***	^**

^aLeast-sqaures (LS) means are based on n = 7 Holstein (HO), n = 8 Jersey (JE), and n = 7 HO x JE crossbreeds (CB).

^bTotal BCFA: all branched-chain fatty acids (iso-13:0 to iso-18:0 and anteiso-13:0 to anteiso-17:0).

^cTotal OCFA: all odd-chain fatty acids (5:0 to 17:0).

^dTotal iso BCFA: all iso branched-chain fatty acids (iso-13:0 to iso-18:0).

^eTotal anteiso BCFA: all anteiso branched-chain fatty acids (anteiso-13:0 to anteiso17:0).

^fBreed effect.

^gTime point effect.

^hBreed x time point interaction.

ƚ 0.05≤P<0.10

*P<0.05

**P<0.01

***P<0.001, NS = Not significant.

Table 4. Contenta (g/kg milk) of odd and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in milk from three breeds of dairy cow over four time points; 5 days in milk (DIM), 95 DIM, 185 DIM, 275 DIM.

Table 4. Content^a (g/kg milk) of odd and branched-chain fatty acids (OBCFA) in milk from three breeds of dairy cow over four time points; 5 days in milk (DIM), 95 DIM, 185 DIM, 275 DIM.