. 2021 Jul;15(7):None. doi: 10.1016/j.animal.2021.100257

Table 1.

Fatty acids (FAs), vitamin E and mineral composition of the silage offered to the cattle during winter housing from three pasture-based systems over 3 years.

Item	PP	GWC	MG	SED	P (F_2,4)
Fatty acids (g/kg DM)
C12:0	0.100^a	0.082^b	0.080^b	0.0039	0.014
C14:0	0.203	0.165	0.183	0.0110	0.062
C16:0	3.61^a	3.21^b	3.65^a	0.113	0.033
C16:1n-7	0.222	0.175	0.224	0.0211	0.131
C18:0	0.367	0.344	0.380	0.0155	0.170
C18:1n-9	0.553^b	0.600^ab	0.648^a	0.0231	0.037
C18:1n-7	0.145	0.135	0.152	0.0104	0.361
C18:2n-6	3.21	2.91	3.31	0.242	0.335
C18:3n-3	10.1	8.59	9.87	0.816	0.257
C20:0	0.148	0.147	0.157	0.0053	0.234
Sum FAs	22.6	19.5	22.4	1.32	0.133
Vitamin (mg/kg DM)
E	71.3	76.2	86.7	4.63	0.067
Macro minerals (g/kg DM)
Ca	7.115	7.694	7.001	0.7827	0.666
K	25.0^b	24.3^c	26.7^a	0.47	0.016
Mg	1.87^a	1.62^b	1.57^b	0.078	0.037
Na	2.95^a	1.79^b	1.82^b	0.235	0.013
P	3.20	3.05	3.12	0.116	0.498
S	2.24	2.04	2.25	0.103	0.183
Micro minerals (mg/kg DM)
As	0.251	0.239	0.253	0.0333	0.912
Co	0.824	0.654	0.750	0.1816	0.671
Cr	1.87	1.89	2.77	0.545	0.277
Cu	24.7	20.6	22.2	3.15	0.491
Fe	487	472	475	71.0	0.974
Mo	1.36	1.11	0.96	0.182	0.204
Mn	182^a	156^b	140^b	9.6	0.030
Ni	1.35	1.44	1.79	0.128	0.056
Se	0.247	0.231	0.243	0.0302	0.857
Zn	70.6	51.8	59.4	11.91	0.377
Non-nutritional elements (mg/kg DM)
Al	544	550	543	91.4	0.996
Cd	0.036	0.039	0.042	0.0057	0.629
Pb	0.345	0.356	0.316	0.0757	0.867
Ti	11.0	10.4	10.9	0.6764	0.661

Abbreviations: PP = permanent pasture; GWC = grass and white clover; MG = short-term monoculture grass ley.

^abcValues within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05.