Table 6.
Milk fatty acid profile (g/100 g) of lactating dairy cows fed either control or sainfoin diet.
| Item | Dietary treatment |
SEM |
P-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Sainfoin | Treatment | Period | ||
| SFA | |||||
| C4:0 | 3.94 | 3.97 | 0.329 | 0.954 | 0.010 |
| C6:0 | 2.59 | 2.53 | 0.200 | 0.780 | 0.026 |
| C8:0 | 1.64 | 1.36 | 0.139 | 0.148 | 0.009 |
| C10:0 | 3.25 | 2.88 | 0.225 | 0.099 | 0.007 |
| C11:0 | 0.19 | 0.12 | 0.076 | 0.525 | 0.506 |
| C12:0 | 4.06 | 3.65 | 0.228 | 0.092 | 0.021 |
| C14:0 | 12.58 | 11.87 | 0.249 | 0.096 | 0.045 |
| C15:0 | 1.06 | 0.91 | 0.060 | 0.117 | 0.092 |
| C16:0 | 24.67 | 24.58 | 0.601 | 0.799 | 0.006 |
| C17:0 | 0.45 | 0.45 | 0.047 | 0.961 | 0.567 |
| C18:0 | 12.49 | 12.56 | 0.423 | 0.844 | 0.005 |
| C20:0 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.039 | 0.151 | 0.045 |
| Iso-C15:0 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.042 | 0.441 | 0.208 |
| Anteiso-C15:0 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.029 | 0.193 | 0.035 |
| Iso-C16:0 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.031 | 0.191 | 0.061 |
| Iso-C17:0 | 0.34 | 0.33 | 0.052 | 0.877 | 0.912 |
| BCFA1 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 0.121 | 0.757 | 0.128 |
| SFA2 | 68.25 | 66.22 | 1.431 | 0.120 | 0.071 |
| MUFA | |||||
| C14:1 | 1.18 | 0.89 | 0.138 | 0.088 | 0.074 |
| C16:1 | 1.61 | 1.54 | 0.158 | 0.645 | 0.722 |
| C17:1 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.038 | 0.758 | 0.585 |
| Trans-9-C18:1 | 0.33 | 0.47 | 0.033 | 0.015 | 0.176 |
| Trans-11-C18:1 | 1.18 | 1.80 | 0.168 | 0.006 | 0.166 |
| Trans-12-C18:1 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.038 | 0.0003 | 0.144 |
| Trans-13 + 14-C18:1 | 0.88 | 1.23 | 0.081 | 0.019 | 0.024 |
| Trans-15-C18:1 | 0.69 | 0.89 | 0.048 | 0.009 | 0.067 |
| Trans-16+Cis-14-C18:1 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.043 | 0.273 | 0.629 |
| Total trans-C18:13 | 4.06 | 5.55 | 0.371 | 0.006 | 0.116 |
| Cis-9-C18:1 | 21.24 | 21.45 | 0.996 | 0.774 | 0.030 |
| Cis-11-C18:1 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.032 | 0.015 | 0.330 |
| Cis-12-C18:1 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.044 | 0.031 | 0.385 |
| Cis-13-C18:1 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.017 | 0.882 | 0.010 |
| Cis-15-C18:1 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.027 | 0.101 | 0.272 |
| Total cis-C18:14 | 22.37 | 22.80 | 1.048 | 0.580 | 0.038 |
| MUFA5 | 29.39 | 30.94 | 1.342 | 0.201 | 0.078 |
| PUFA | |||||
| Trans-9, trans-12-C18:2 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.019 | 0.386 | 0.099 |
| Cis-9, cis-12-C18:2 | 0.90 | 1.04 | 0.041 | 0.011 | 0.110 |
| Total non-conjugated C18:26 | 1.27 | 1.43 | 0.055 | 0.016 | 0.519 |
| CLA, cis-9, trans-11 C18:2 | 0.45 | 0.55 | 0.055 | 0.136 | 0.670 |
| Cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3 | 0.64 | 0.86 | 0.063 | 0.018 | 0.251 |
| PUFA7 | 2.36 | 2.84 | 0.155 | 0.013 | 0.318 |
| UFA8 | 31.75 | 33.78 | 1.431 | 0.120 | 0.071 |
Branched chain fatty acids (BCFA) = Σ(iso-C15:0, anteiso-C15:0, iso-C16:0, iso-C17:0).
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) = Σ(C4:0, C6:0, C8:0, C10:0, C11:0, C12:0, C14:0, C15:0, C16:0, C17:0, C18:0, C20:0, BCFA).
Total trans-C18:1 = Σ(trans-9-C18:1, trans-11-C18:1, trans-12-C18:1, trans-13 + 14-C18:1, trans-15-C18:1, trans-16+cis-14-C18:1).
Total cis-C18:1 = Σ(cis-9-C18:1, cis-11-C18:1, cis-12-C18:1, cis-13-C18:1, cis-15-C18:1).
Mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) = Σ(C14:1, C16:1, C17:1, total trans-18:1, total cis-18:1).
Total non-conjugated C18:2 = Σ(trans-9, trans-12-C18:2, cis-9, cis-12-C18:2).
Poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) = Σ(total non-conjugated C18:2, CLA, cis-9, trans-11 C18:2, cis-9, cis-12, cis-15-C18:3).
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) = Σ(MUFA, PUFA).