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. 2020 Jun 25;6(3):333–341. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2020.05.001

Table 3.

Fatty acid intake (g/d) of lactating dairy cows fed either control or sainfoin diet.

Fatty acid intake Dietary treatment
SEM P-value
Control Sainfoin Treatment Period
C12:0 29.52 28.50 1.617 0.218 0.672
Anteiso-C13:0 0.86 0.43 0.111 0.002 0.001
C14:0 10.82 10.83 0.610 0.953 0.397
Iso-C15:0 0.00 0.40 0.092 0.001 0.001
C16:0 71.80 74.28 4.163 0.303 0.127
Anteiso-C16:0 7.50 6.51 0.387 0.001 0.005
OBCFA1 8.36 7.34 0.435 0.004 0.004
C16:1 4.40 4.42 0.267 0.911 0.067
C18:0 17.62 18.70 1.048 0.123 0.088
Cis-9-C18:1 95.02 93.33 5.315 0.539 0.037
Cis-9, cis-12-C18:2 119.77 117.20 6.723 0.512 0.003
Cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3 242.10 224.50 12.968 0.025 0.479
UFA2 461.29 439.49 25.218 0.122 0.038
Total FA3 599.43 579.14 33.077 0.246 0.053
1

Odd and branched fatty acids (OBCFA) = Σ(anteiso-C13:0, iso-C15:0, anteiso-C16:0).

2

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).

3

Total fatty acids (FA) = Σ(C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, OBCFA, C16:1, C18:0, cis-9-C18:1, cis-9, cis-12-C18:2, cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3).