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Table 2.

Concentration of fatty acids (mg/kg of muscle) in total fat of Longissimus lumborum of male lambs affected by supplementation of three different levels (HO = 0.4 g/kg DM; MO = 0.3 g/kg DM; LO = 0.2 g/kg DM) of oregano essential oils or monensin (SM) at commercial doses vs. a control diet (CON).

Fatty Acid	Treatments
Fatty Acid	CON	SM	HO	MO	LO	p-Value
Saturated
C14:0	13.99^b	14.47^ab	9.67^b	23.50^a	13.18^b	0.042
C16:0	172.7^b	200.1^ab	120.88^b	289.77^a	183.74^ab	0.031
C18:0	94.93^b	121.7^ab	71.94^b	164.17^a	103.58^ab	0.043
Mono-unsaturated
C16:1n7	6.60^ab	10.68^a	4.31^b	9.51^a	7.14^ab	0.024
C18:1n9c	287.41^b	369.6^ab	221.58^b	472.97^a	321.59^ab	0.043
C18:1n9t	14.67	16.82	14.39	8.12	30.19	0.007
C20:1n9	2.90^b	3.54^b	4.21^b	7.88^a	4.46^b	0.001
PUFA’s
C18:2n6t	18.74^ab	24.88^ab	14.04^b	27.10^a	18.66^ab	0.043

^a,b Different superscripts mean significant difference (p ˂ 0.05) among treatments (column) in the same fatty acid.