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. 2021 Apr 21;14(4):956–963. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2021.956-963

Table 3.

Fatty acid composition of milk in the spring-summer period.

Fatty acid name m Cv m Cv Comparison of breeds



Holstein Simmental d td p
Spring
 C4:0 3.29 0.08 15.12 3.49 0.07 12.76 0.20 1.88 >0.05
 C6:0 1.78 0.05 16.56 1.56 0.01 5.11 0.22 4.18 <0.001
 C8:0 1.16 0.02 9.48 1.09 0.01 5.74 0.07 3.20 <0.01
 C10:0 3.05 0.10 20.34 2.21 0.04 11.68 0.84 7.77 <0.001
 C10:1 0.29 0.01 20.52 0.23 0.01 13.71 0.06 5.03 <0.001
 C12:0 3.11 0.09 18.48 2.71 0.08 18.32 0.40 3.33 <0.01
 C14:0 9.99 0.20 12.69 10.48 0.17 10.13 0.49 1.89 >0.05
 C14:1* 1.23 0.04 22.57 1.03 0.03 18.48 0.20 3.91 <0.001
 C16:0 29.29 0.31 6.65 30.14 0.13 2.67 0.85 2.54 >0.05
 C16:1* 2.28 0.03 8.34 1.70 0.03 9.90 0.58 14.50 <0.001
 C18:0 9.84 0.21 13.48 8.26 0.04 2.98 1.58 7.42 <0.001
 C18:1* 25.14 0.31 7.88 29.25 0.22 4.76 4.11 10.82 <0.001
 C18:2* 3.84 0.14 22.41 3.04 0.07 14.98 0.80 5.08 <0.001
 C18:3* 1.29 0.05 22.39 0.42 0.01 18.95 0.87 16.84 <0.001
 C20:0 0.20 0.01 30.00 0.13 0.00 16.09 0.07 6.38 <0.001
 C22:0 0.09 0.02 128.36 0.06 0.00 24.11 0.03 1.41 >0.05
 Other 4.13 0.03 4.33 4.18 0.03 4.36 0.05 1.14 >0.05
Summer
 C4:0 3.66 0.06 10.10 3.77 0.06 9.79 0.11 1.30 >0.05
 C6:0 1.88 0.06 18.71 1.83 0.05 16.45 0.05 0.64 >0.05
 C8:0 1.48 0.05 20.65 1.21 0.03 17.39 0.27 4.63 < 0.001
 C10:0 2.95 0.07 14.94 2.71 0.09 21.56 0.24 2.10 >0.05
 C10:1 0.34 0.01 20.30 0.27 0.01 17.46 0.07 4.95 <0.001
 C12:0 3.11 0.08 16.03 2.39 0.06 16.60 0.72 7.20 <0.001
 C14:0 11.29 0.20 11.06 8.97 0.10 6.85 2.32 10.38 <0.001
 C14:1* 1.18 0.03 16.14 1.24 0.04 21.19 0.06 1.20 >0.05
 C16:0 28.06 0.27 6.14 27.70 0.24 5.57 0.36 1.00 >0.05
 C16:1* 1.99 0.05 15.50 1.96 0.05 14.98 0.03 0.42 >0.05
 C18:0 11.32 0.21 11.59 11.19 0.17 9.52 0.13 0.48 >0.05
 C18:1* 23.61 0.29 7.87 28.48 0.24 5.39 4.87 12.94 < 0.001
 C18:2* 3.84 0.12 19.97 2.49 0.04 10.14 1.35 10.67 < 0.001
 C18:3* 0.90 0.04 29.22 1.06 0.05 29.28 0.16 2.50 >0.05
 C20:0 0.15 0.01 21.70 0.14 0.01 29.48 0.01 0.71 >0.05
 C22:0 0.10 0.00 9.43 0.07 0.003 26.75 0.03 10.00 <0.001
 Other 4.16 0.02 3.13 4.52 0.07 9.54 0.36 4.94 <0.001
*

The calculation is based on the sum of the isomers. by v=40+40–2=78 tst=1.98 (p=0.05)–2.63 (p=0.01)–3.39 (p=0.001)