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Table 6.

Plasma fatty acid (FA) profile (µg/mL of plasma) in forage-fed beef cows receiving no supplementation (NOSUPP; n = 6 pens) or receiving a molasses-based supplement enriched with Ca salts of soybean oil (24.7% of dry matter; Essentiom, Church and Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton, NJ) via self-fed low-moisture block (LMB; n = 6 pens) or hand-fed granular concentrate daily (CONC; n = 6 pens). Supplement treatments were provided from days 0 to 42 of the experiment¹

Item³	NOSUPP	CONC	TUB	SEM	P-value
Total saturated FA
Day 0	216	218	215	12	0.98
Day 14	228^c	268^b	308^a	12	<0.01
Day 28	215^b	283^a	267^a	12	<0.01
Day 42	191^b	264^a	270^a	12	<0.01
Total monounsaturated FA	52.0	54.9	55.4	2.5	0.60
Total polyunsaturated FA
Day 0	274	267	264	14	0.87
Day 14	284^b	368^b	458^a	14	<0.01
Day 28	284^b	444^a	440^a	14	<0.01
Day 42	274^b	448^a	474^a	14	<0.01
Total ω-3 polyunsaturated FA
Day 0	75.9	74.4	76.3	3.2	0.90
Day 14	78.4^b	55.6^a	56.5^a	3.2	<0.01
Day 28	79.5^b	62.3^a	61.2^a	3.2	<0.01
Day 42	73.7^b	59.0^a	63.7^a	3.2	<0.01
Total ω-6 polyunsaturated FA
Day 0	198	192	188	13	0.84
Day 14	205^c	312^b	402^a	13	< 0.01
Day 28	204^b	382^a	379^a	13	< 0.01
Day 42	201^b	396^a	420^a	13	< 0.01
Total identified FA
Day 0	542^b	539^a	536^a	27	0.98
Day 14	568^b	691^a	827^a	27	<0.01
Day 28	550^b	783^a	761^a	27	<0.01
Day 42	515^b	755^a	797^a	27	<0.01

¹Blood samples were collected on days 0, 14, 28, and 42 for plasma harvest and analyzed for fatty acid concentration according to Brandão et al. (2018).