Table 2.
Fatty acid composition of experimental diets
| Fatty acids (% of total fatty acid)1) | 1 to 30 d | 31 to 60 d | 61 to 90 d | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | LSO | HLS | Control | LSO | HLS | Control | LSO | HLS | |
| C16:0 | 16.36 | 10.97 | 12 | 16.25 | 9.27 | 9.99 | 15.83 | 8.49 | 9.16 |
| C18:0 | 3.07 | 3.18 | 3.15 | 3.05 | 3.1 | 3.04 | 3.02 | 3.1 | 3.04 |
| C18:1n9t | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.26 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.21 |
| C18:1n9c | 13.47 | 15.18 | 16.95 | 15.35 | 14.31 | 15.96 | 15.76 | 14.54 | 16.44 |
| C18:2n6t | 0.55 | 0.26 | 0.29 | 0.5 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 0.19 | 0.22 |
| C18:2n6c | 31.54 | 20.55 | 22.39 | 33.89 | 23.95 | 26.11 | 34.06 | 22.65 | 24.84 |
| C18:3n3 | 17.25 | 35.69 | 35.15 | 13.13 | 35.02 | 34.93 | 13.23 | 37.4 | 37.33 |
| C20:5n3 | 0.73 | 0.35 | 0.4 | 0.77 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.77 | 0.31 | 0.35 |
| C22:6n3 | 0.76 | 0.36 | 0.4 | 0.91 | 0.42 | 0.46 | 0.96 | 0.38 | 0.42 |
| SFA | 28.29 | 20.3 | 20.18 | 28.26 | 18.52 | 17.95 | 27.68 | 17.38 | 16.52 |
| MUFA | 17.34 | 19.27 | 19.16 | 19.35 | 18.51 | 18.17 | 19.77 | 18.77 | 18.43 |
| PUFA | 54.33 | 60.44 | 60.67 | 52.36 | 62.98 | 63.91 | 52.5 | 63.87 | 65.08 |
| n-3 PUFA | 19.79 | 37.2 | 36.56 | 15.87 | 36.59 | 36.41 | 16 | 38.87 | 39.08 |
| n-6 PUFA | 34.55 | 23.23 | 24.1 | 36.49 | 26.38 | 27.5 | 36.49 | 25.01 | 26 |
| n-3 LCPUFA | 2.54 | 1.51 | 1.42 | 2.73 | 1.58 | 1.48 | 2.77 | 1.47 | 1.33 |
| n-6 LCPUFA | 1.95 | 1.89 | 1.14 | 1.7 | 1.74 | 0.93 | 1.6 | 1.71 | 0.78 |
| P/S | 1.92 | 2.98 | 3.01 | 1.85 | 3.4 | 3.56 | 1.9 | 3.67 | 3.94 |
Total fatty acids = saturated fatty acids (6:0 + 8:0 + 10:0 + 11:0 + 12:0 + 13:0 + 14:0 + 15:0 + 16:0 + 17:0 + 18:0 + 20:0 + 21:0 + 22:0 + 23:0 + 24:0) + monounsaturated fatty acids (14:1 + 15:1 + 16:1 + 17:1 + 18:1t9 + 18:1c9 + 20:1 + 22:1 + 24:1) + n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:2t6 + 18:2c6 + 18:3n6 + 20:2n-6 + 20:3n6 + 20:4n6 + 22:2n6) + n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:3n3 + 20:3n3 + 20:5n3 + 22:6n3)