Table 3.

Specific and total serum fatty acids (mg/mL) on d 0 of steers that were early weaned at 150 d of age (n = 24) or traditionally weaned at 210 d of age (n = 24) and then supplemented with a rumen by-pass lipid ration (RBL) or an isocaloric, isonitrogenous control diet (CON).

Fatty Acid	Early Wean		Traditional Wean			p-Value
	CON	RBL	CON	RBL	SEM	Weaning	Treatment
12:0	4.07	3.94	4.38	3.49	0.35	0.85	0.16
14:0	4.89	4.25	5.90	5.14	0.42	0.03	0.10
16:0	111.07	101.95	118.17	106.59	8.72	0.51	0.50
16:1	18.74	16.88	18.83	17.60	1.90	0.83	0.42
18:0	176.75	158.56	197.05	178.09	16.39	0.23	0.26
18:1 cis 9	12.52	7.33	5.37	4.48	2.44	0.05	0.22
18:1 tran 9	112.95	94.33	119.04	114.77	9.49	0.17	0.23
18:2	277.30	233.42	235.97	186.30	21.22	0.04	0.03
20:0	8.50	9.45	11.62	12.05	1.25	0.03	0.58
18:3	27.76	24.05	37.92	29.20	3.67	0.04	0.10
C20:4	27.45	23.70	25.67	23.29	2.02	0.60	0.14
Total FA	854.28	746.32	848.63	758.8.	66.82	0.95	0.15

There was no significant 2 way interactions (p > 0.53) so main effects are presented.