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

Table 2.

Fatty acids (FAs), vitamin E and mineral composition of the pasture grazed by the cattle from three pasture-based systems over 3 years.

Nutrient	PP	GWC	MG	SED	P (F_2,4)
Fatty acids (g/kg DM)
C12:0	0.123	0.105	0.102	0.0157	0.431
C14:0	0.180	0.153	0.145	0.0156	0.182
C16:0	4.79	4.84	4.79	0.283	0.977
C16:1n-7	0.057	0.057	0.059	0.0054	0.932
C18:0	0.508	0.555	0.518	0.0514	0.655
C18:1n-9	0.625	0.658	0.651	0.0876	0.926
C18:1n-7	0.111	0.108	0.109	0.0042	0.797
C18:2n-6	3.38	3.30	3.35	0.384	0.978
C18:3n-3	17.6	16.0	16.1	1.63	0.599
C20:0	0.167	0.172	0.169	0.0063	0.753
Sum FAs	33.0	31.2	31.4	2.59	0.742
Vitamin (mg/kg DM)
E	33.1	40.4	35.1	5.98	0.509
Macro minerals (g/kg DM)
Ca	5.75^b	7.81^a	4.72^b	0.554	0.012
K	28.2	29.1	29.8	1.51	0.644
Mg	1.73^a	1.75^a	1.40^b	0.067	0.010
Na	1.70^b	0.72^b	0.80^a	0.218	0.019
P	3.76	3.64	3.54	0.116	0.285
S	2.93	2.88	2.89	0.137	0.919
Micro minerals (mg/kg DM)
As	0.096	0.153	0.164	0.0222	0.073
Co	0.058	0.173	0.135	0.0370	0.081
Cr	0.915	1.26	1.41	0.2230	0.193
Cu	8.41^a	7.70^b	7.13^b	0.252	0.018
Fe	154	311	270	49.1	0.071
Mo	2.04	1.38	1.27	0.370	0.218
Mn	120	105	106	10.5	0.361
Ni	1.19	1.48	2.03	0.404	0.223
Se	0.069	0.063	0.071	0.0082	0.630
Zn	27.4^a	23.8^b	24.0^c	0.69	0.011
Non-nutritional elements (mg/kg DM)
Al	170	406	382	73.0	0.058
Cd	0.024	0.037	0.034	0.0070	0.257
Pb	0.161^b	0.341^a	0.282^a	0.0315	0.011
Ti	6.61	9.15	8.33	0.948	0.121

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.