Table 5.

DHA, EPA, total n-3, and ratio of n-6/n-3 in plasma from sows fed diets supplemented with AL, FO, or CON

	Maternal diets (n = 16 per treatment)			SEM1	P-value2
Fatty acids	AL3	FO4	CON5
DHA6, mg/100 mL	4.93a	4.93a	2.73b	0.46	0.01
EPA7, mg/100 mL	0.73	0.54	0.34	0.15	0.17
Total n-38, mg/100 mL	8.08a	8.10a	5.34b	0.61	0.002
n-6/n-39	7.21b	6.50b	9.74a	0.73	0.0003

^a,bDiffering letters across rows indicate significant differences among treatments (P < 0.05).

¹SEM = maximum value of the standard error of the means.

² P-value for the main effect of dietary treatment.

³AL = microalgae.

⁴FO = fish oil.

⁵CON = control.

⁶DHA = docosahexaenoic acid.

⁷EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid.

⁸Total n-3 = total omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.

⁹n-3/n-6 = ratio of total omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid to total omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids.