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. 2020 Jul 18;98(8):skaa227. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaa227

Table 6.

Supplemental effects of LPL in lactation diets on fatty acid profiles in colostrum and milk

Item CON LPL1 SEM P-value
Colostrum, %
 Myristic, C14:0 0.80 0.67 0.09 0.229
 Palmitic, C16:0 19.53 19.16 0.58 0.517
 Palmitoleic, C16:1 3.80 3.91 0.19 0.685
 Stearic, C18:0 5.80 5.30 0.34 0.281
 Oleic, C18:1 36.75 38.22 1.17 0.384
 Vaccenic, C18:1 2.45 2.54 0.13 0.580
 Linoleic, C18:2, n-62 27.23 27.15 1.08 0.950
 Ɣ-Linolenic, C18:3, n-6 0.13 0.13 0.08 0.922
 α-Linolenic, C18:3, n-3 0.91 0.83 0.11 0.546
 Arachidic, C20:0 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.947
 Eicosenoic, C20:1 0.25 0.15 0.05 0.179
 Eicosadienoic, C20:2, n-6 0.63 0.47 0.11 0.131
 Eicosatrienoic, C20:3, n-3 0.20 0.20 0.07 0.992
 Arachidonic, C20:4, n-6 1.17 1.08 0.16 0.654
 Total n-3 1.12 1.22 0.13 0.641
 Total n-6 29.15 28.82 1.03 0.807
 n-6:n-3 ratio 26.29 23.97 1.50 0.276
 Unsaturated fatty acids 73.68 74.79 0.93 0.225
 Saturated fatty acids 26.27 25.26 0.89 0.258
 Unsaturated:saturated3 2.84 2.98 0.14 0.276
Milk, %
 Myristic, C14:0 2.77 2.51 0.07 0.009
 Palmitic, C16:0 34.82 32.09 0.86 0.010
 Palmitoleic, C16:1 8.00 7.42 0.49 0.360
 Stearic, C18:0 4.51 4.49 0.20 0.948
 Oleic, C18:1 29.13 31.43 0.81 0.015
 Vaccenic, C18:1 1.64 1.64 0.06 0.938
 Linoleic, C18:2, n-6 17.73 18.67 0.45 0.075
 Ɣ-Linolenic, C18:3, n-6 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.329
 α-Linolenic, C18:3, n-3 0.82 0.81 0.03 0.603
 Eicosenoic, C20:1 0.05 0.16 0.07 0.059
 Eicosadienoic, C20:2, n-6 0.14 0.26 0.09 0.079
 Eicosatrienoic, C20:3, n-3 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.330
 Arachidonic, C20:4, n-6 0.34 0.45 0.07 0.265
 Total n-3 0.82 0.82 0.03 0.935
 Total n-6 18.22 19.42 0.43 0.049
 n-6:n-3 ratio 22.16 23.71 0.42 0.010
 Unsaturated fatty acids 57.89 60.90 0.83 0.005
 Saturated fatty acids 42.11 39.10 0.83 0.005
 Unsaturated:saturated 1.38 1.57 0.05 0.007

1Sows were fed diets with 0.05% LPL during lactation.

2n-3, omega-3 fatty acid; n-6, omega-6 fatty acid.

3The ratio of unsaturated fatty acids to saturated fatty acids.