Table 2.
Fatty acid composition of diets and diet ingredients used in the experiment (g/kg DM).
| Fatty acid | Dietary treatment |
Grass silage | Sainfoin Zeus silage | Sainfoin Esparcette silage | Corn silage | Concentrate | Linseed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Sainfoin | |||||||
| C12:0 | 1.66 | 1.53 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 6.11 | 0.00 |
| C14:0 | 0.61 | 0.58 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 2.29 | 0.00 |
| C16:0 | 4.05 | 3.98 | 2.90 | 3.05 | 2.72 | 4.11 | 3.27 | 16.75 |
| C16:1 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| C18:0 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 0.27 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 0.65 | 9.21 |
| Cis-9-C18:1 | 5.36 | 5.00 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.49 | 5.18 | 5.59 | 47.60 |
| Cis-9, cis-12-C18:2 | 6.76 | 6.27 | 2.14 | 1.34 | 2.49 | 13.11 | 6.50 | 36.65 |
| Cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3 | 13.63 | 12.03 | 8.01 | 4.69 | 3.73 | 1.54 | 0.58 | 132.78 |
| UFA1 | 26.00 | 23.54 | 10.87 | 6.65 | 7.02 | 19.83 | 12.67 | 217.03 |
| Total FA2 | 33.31 | 30.62 | 14.10 | 10.17 | 10.28 | 24.51 | 24.98 | 242.98 |
1
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) = Σ(C16:1, cis-9-C18:1, cis-9, cis-12-C18:2, cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3).
2
Total fatty acids (FA) = Σ(C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, C16:1, C18:0, cis-9-C18:1, cis-9, cis-12-C18:2, cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3).