Table 4. Effects of addition of linseed or linseed and marine algae to the diet on fatty acid composition (g/100 g of total identified fatty acid methyl esters) in subcutaneous adipose tissue of Navarra breed lambs.

Item2	Treatment1
	C	L	L-A	SEM	P-value
SFA
C12:0	0.86Aa	0.51Bb	0.71a	0.05	<0.001
C14:0	6.31A	5.05B	6.35A	0.22	<0.001
C16:0	27.5C	26.0B	32.0A	0.38	<0.001
C18:0	11.9ab	12.8A	11.5B	0.30	0.028
C20:0	0.09a	0.08b	0.08b	0.00	0.030
Total SFA3	49.9B	49.9B	54.8A	0.80	<0.001
MUFA
C16:1 c-9	1.86A	1.34B	1.37B	0.07	<0.001
C18:1 t-10 + C18:1 t-11	6.66C	13.41A	11.53B	0.50	<0.001
C18:1 c-9 (oleic acid)	28.4A	22.2B	21.4B	0.60	<0.001
C18:1 c-11	1.73A	1.13B	1.27B	0.05	<0.001
C20:1 c-11	0.04b	0.05Aa	0.03Bb	0.00	0.001
Total MUFA3	42.2Aa	41.0a	38.1Bb	0.70	0.001
C18:2 c-9, t-11 (CLA)	0.16A	0.15A	0.11B	0.01	<0.001
∑CLA4	0.40B	0.48A	0.31C	0.02	<0.001
n-3 PUFA
C18:3 n-3 (ALA)	0.37C	1.92A	0.84B	0.05	<0.001
C20:5 n-3 (EPA)	0.07B	0.10B	0.21A	0.01	<0.001
C22:5 n-3 (DPA)	0.05C	0.08B	0.12A	0.01	<0.001
C22:6 n-3 (DHA)	0.02B	0.04B	0.58A	0.03	<0.001
Total n-3 PUFA	0.51C	2.14A	1.75B	0.05	<0.001
n-6 PUFA
C18:2 n-6 t-9, t-12	0.10C	1.18A	0.50B	0.04	<0.001
C18:2 n-6 (LA)	3.93A	2.46Bc	1.89Bd	0.14	<0.001
C20:3 n-6	0.04B	0.05B	0.08A	0.05	<0.001
C20:4 n-6 (AA)	0.17B	0.15B	0.28A	0.01	<0.001
Total n-6 PUFA3	4.24a	3.84ab	3.25a	0.19	0.035
Total PUFA	4.57B	5.84A	4.51B	0.23	<0.001
n-6 PUFA/n-3 PUFA	8.32A	1.78B	2.82C	0.10	<0.001
PUFA/SFA	0.10AB	0.12A	0.08B	0.01	0.006

^a,b,cMeans with different lowercase supercripts within a row are different (P < 0.05).

^A,B,CMeans with different uppercase supercripts within a row are different (P < 0.01).

¹Treatments: C = control; L = 10% linseed; L-A = 5% linseed with 3.89% marine algae.

²ALA = α-linolenic acid; EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA = docosapentaenoic acid; DHA = docosahexaenoic acid; LA = linoleic acid; AA = arachidonic acid.

³Total SFA, MUFA and n-6 PUFA is the sum of all SFA, MUFA and n-6 PUFA.

⁴∑CLA = C18:2 c-9, t-11 + C18:2 t-10, c-12 + C18:2 c-9, c-11 + C18:2 t-9, t-11.