Table 6.

Concentrations (% of total fat) of total fatty acids and free fatty acids in liver, skeletal muscle, and subcutaneous adipose tissue of pigs fed diets containing 0 or 150 mg Cu/kg from copper hydroxychloride¹

	Diet
Item	Control	Control + Cu2	SEM	P-value
Liver
Total fatty acids, %	4.065	4.090	0.052	0.713
Free fatty acids, %	0.078	0.071	0.006	0.172
Skeletal muscle
Total fatty acids, %	1.510	1.455	0.094	0.685
Free fatty acids, %	0.026	0.027	0.003	0.885
Subcutaneous adipose tissue
Total fatty acids, %	60.320	61.001	0.849	0.405
Free fatty acids, %	0.042	0.041	0.004	0.860

¹Data are least-squares means of eight observations for all treatments.

²The diet containing added Cu was fortified with 150 mg/kg of Cu from copper hydroxychloride (IntelliBond C^II; Micronutrients USA; Indianapolis, IN).