Table 5.

Effect of SCD1 V and DGAT1 K alleles substitution on fatty acids unsaturation in Borgou and White Fulani cattle breeds respectively

Traits	SCD1 V (Borgou)		P-value	DGAT1 K (White Fulani)		P-value
	Estimates	SEM		Estimates	SEM
C14 index	− 5.68	2.7	0.048	2.23	1.26	0.078
C18 index	− 0.96	0.27	0.724	− 12.16	5.84	0.040
Total index	− 2.11	0.24	0.385	− 12.81	4.53	0.008
SFA	0.14	0.01	0.916	5.41	2.4	0.031
MUFA	− 0.708	1.33	0.596	− 8.09	2.72	0.004

Bold in the table indicates P-values lower than 0.05

SFA saturated fatty acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, SEM standard error of the means