Table 2.

Effect of supplementing ALA rich oil sources to lamb on the n-3 PUFA profile of Longissimusmuscle^¥.

ALA rich source	unit	ALA	EPA	DPA	DHA	Reference
Controla	mg/100 g meat	24.9	11.3	10.8	2.8	Nguyen, Flakemore et al. (2017)
2.5% canola oil	mg/100 g meat	39.2	13.1	13.4	4.5	Nguyen, Flakemore et al. (2017)
5% canola oil	mg/100 g meat	36.7	17.0	16.3	5.3	Nguyen, Flakemore et al. (2017)
2.5% flaxseed oil	mg/100 g meat	40.8	14.2	13.8	4.2	Nguyen, Flakemore et al. (2017)
5% flaxseed oil	mg/100 g meat	49.3	17.9	15.6	4.9	Nguyen, Flakemore et al. (2017)
Controlb	g/100 g FA	0.45	0.48	0.29	0.32	Parvar et al. (2017)
3% canola oil	g/100 g FA	1.09	0.68	0.44	0.44	Parvar et al. (2017)
Basal dietc	mg/100 g meat	18.0	2.6	5.3	1.2	Realini et al. (2017)
9% extruded flaxseed	mg/100 g meat	32.0	4.0	6.3	1.4	Realini et al. (2017)
Controld	mg/100 g meat	5.5	2.5	7.6	1.7	Asadollahi et al. (2017)
7% roasted canola seed	mg/100 g meat	14.7	5.4	15.1	4.3	Asadollahi et al. (2017)
Controle	g/100 g FAME	0.40	0.19	0.23	0.05	Urrutia et al. (2016)
5% extruded flaxseed and 3.89% marine algae	g/100 g FAME	0.89	1.01	0.32	0.99	Urrutia et al. (2016)
10% extruded flaxseed	g/100 g FAME	1.84	0.74	0.31	0.08	Urrutia et al. (2016)
Controlf	g/100 g FAME	0.47	0.11	0.14	0.05	Urrutia et al. (2015)
5% extruded flaxseed	g/100 g FAME	0.92	0.12	0.13	0.02	Urrutia et al. (2015)
10% extruded flaxseed	g/100 g FAME	1.11	0.15	0.11	0.03	Urrutia et al. (2015)
Ryegrass/clover hay	mg/100 g meat	34.3	17.6	13.9	7.6	Ponnampalam et al. (2015)
10.7% flaxseed	mg/100 g meat	59.5	18.1	11.2	6.7	Ponnampalam et al. (2015)
Controlg	mg/100 g meat	13.7	10.6	13.9	5.7	Andrés et al. (2014)
8.5% ground flaxseed	mg/100 g meat	24.6	15.8	17.6	7.2	Andrés et al. (2014)
Controlh	g/100 g FAME	0.50	0.07	0.20	0.04	Noci et al. (2011)
6% flaxseed oil	g/100 g FAME	1.74	0.12	0.21	0.03	Noci et al. (2011)
Basal dieti	g/100 g FA	0.70	0.38	0.70	0.24	Jerónimo et al. (2010)
6% flaxseed oil and sunflower oil (2:1, v/v)	g/100 g FA	2.72	0.59	0.73	0.23	Jerónimo et al. (2010)
6% sunflower oil	g/100 g FA	0.93	0.19	0.46	0.14	Jerónimo, Alves, Prates, Santos-Silva, and Bessa (2009)
6% sunflower oil and flaxseed oil (2:1, v/v)	g/100 g FA	1.57	0.29	0.54	0.15	Jerónimo et al. (2009)
6% sunflower oil and flaxseed oil (1:2, v/v)	g/100 g FA	2.62	0.51	0.62	0.19	Jerónimo et al. (2009)
6% flaxseed oil	g/100 g FA	3.05	0.50	0.54	0.20	Jerónimo et al. (2009)

^¥ALA: Alpha-linolenic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA: docosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid; FA: fatty acid; FAME: fatty acid methyl esters; NA: data not available.

^aThe control diet was concentrate and lucerne hay.

^bThe control diet was a total mixed ration without oil.

^cThe basal diet was based on lucerne hay or corn.

^dThe control diet was mainly composed of milled barley, lucerne hay, soybean meal and canola meal.

^e,fThe control diet was mainly composed of barley and soybean meal.

^gThe control diet was a total mixed ration with palm oil.

^hThe control diet was based on Megalac (palm-oil based high in 16:0).

ⁱThe basal diet was composed of lucerne hay and manioc.