Table 2.
Body weight (BW), hot carcass weight (HCW), cold carcass weight (CCW), adipose depot weights, and their proportion of BW at slaughtering at wk 9 postpartum for cows daily abomasally supplemented either with coconut oil (CON; n = 5) or conjugated linoleic acid (CLA; n = 5) from d 63 antepartum until slaughter on d 63 postpartum.
| Treatment 1 | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | CON | CLA | |
| BW, kg | 649 ± 30 | 614 ± 25 | 0.40 |
| HCW | |||
| Weight, kg | 261 ± 19 | 266 ± 16 | 0.86 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 40.1 ± 1.3 | 43.3 ± 1.2 | 0.12 |
| CCW | |||
| Weight, kg | 254 ± 19 | 259 ± 16 | 0.85 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 39.0 ± 1.4 | 42.2 ± 1.2 | 0.14 |
| Subcutaneous adipose | |||
| Weight, kg | 0.72 ± 0.11 | 0.67 ± 0.10 | 0.73 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.96 |
| Retroperitoneal adipose | |||
| Weight, kg | 5.96 ± 1.41 | 7.30 ± 1.21 | 0.49 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 0.90 ± 0.21 | 1.17 ± 0.18 | 0.35 |
| Omental adipose | |||
| Weight, kg | 4.46 ± 1.01 | 6.97 ± 0.87 | 0.11 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 0.66 ± 0.14 | 1.12 ± 0.12 | 0.04 |
| Mesenteric adipose | |||
| Weight, kg | 4.48 ± 0.86 | 4.95 ± 0.74 | 0.68 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 0.68 ± 0.11 | 0.78 ± 0.10 | 0.52 |
| Total adipose 2 | |||
| Weight, kg | 15.6 ± 3.0 | 19.9 ± 2.5 | 0.31 |
| Proportion of BW, % | 2.35 ± 0.38 | 3.18 ± 0.32 | 0.14 |
1 Values are presented as least squares means with SE. 2 Sum of subcutaneous, retroperitoneal, omental, and mesenteric adipose. BW = body weight; HCW = hot carcass weight; CCW = cold carcass weight. Statistical differences were analyzed by the MIXED procedure using repeated measures of SAS, p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant.