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. 2018 Oct 15;97(1):291–301. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky398

Table 4.

Ileal fatty acid flows (mg/kg DMI) in growing pigs fed control, flaxseed meal, and oat hulls diets (n = 8)

Item Diet1 SEM P
Control FM OH
Saturated fatty acids
Capric (C10:0) 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.31 0.300
Lauric (C12:0) 3.7b 10.3a 8.2a 1.43 0.014
Myristic (C14:0) 22.5b 41.6a 47.0a 6.7 0.043
Pentadecyclic (C15:0) 19.2B 31.9AB 39.9A 6.11 0.076
Palmitic acid (C16:0) 2,838c 5,208b 4,787a 62.0 0.032
Margaric (C17:0) 36.5b 52.4a 59.3a 4.41 0.005
Stearic (C18:0) 769b 1,220a 1,091ab 111 0.041
Arachidic (C20:0) 96.2B 159AB 166A 23.22 0.089
Behenic (C22:0) 63.4b 126a 115a 15.67 0.029
Lignoceric (C24:0) 71.4b 153.3a 138.2a 19.22 0.011
Monounsaturated fatty acids
Palmitoleic (C16:1n-7) 36.9b 52.8a 61.1a 4.91 0.004
Palmitelaidic (C16:1t) 14.2b 29.1a 21.3ab 4.48 0.013
Oleic (C18:1n-9) 6,171b 9,080a 8,275ab 1,165 0.007
Vaccenic (C18:1n-7) −3.7b 106a 4.2b 25.71 0.013
Gadoleic (C20:1) 68.1B 110AB 135A 20.99 0.078
Nervonic (C24:1n-9) −0.1 3.0 0.1 1.03 0.098
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Linoleic (C18:2) 87.6 5,831 2,531 1,869 0.105
Linolenic (C18:3n-6) 10,756 14,084 16,356 2,779 0.377
α-Linolenic (C18:3n-3) 521b 1,975a 814b 271.0 0.003
Eicosadienoic (C20:2) 11.1 16.9 13.1 2.37 0.224
Eicosatrienoic (C20:3n-3) −0.2 0.1 1.7 1.03 0.359
Arachidonic (C20:4n-6) 9.00 14.0 14.4 2.67 0.259
Eicosapentaenoic (C20:5n-3) 18.9b 40.7a 57.1a 8.27 0.012
Erucic (C22:1n-9) 5.3b 10.3a 11.7a 1.51 0.016
Docosatetraenoic (C22:4n-6) 18.0 4.6 2.7 10.86 0.534

a–cMean values within a row with unlike superscripts differ (P < 0.05). A–CMean values within a row with unlike superscripts differ (0.05 > P ≤ 0.05).

1FM = flaxseed meal-containing diet; OH = Oat hulls-containing diet.