Table 1.
Formulation, proximate analysis and fatty acid profile of the control (CNT) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-enriched diet (FLAX).
| Ingredients | Units | CNT | FLAX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dehydrated alfalfa meal | g/kg | 300 | 380 |
| Soybean meal 44% | g/kg | 150 | 100 |
| Barley meal | g/kg | 410 | 310 |
| Wheat bran | g/kg | 52 | 52 |
| Soybean oil | g/kg | 30 | – |
| Extruded flaxseed | g/kg | – | 100 |
| Beet molasses | g/kg | 20 | 10 |
| Calcium carbonate | g/kg | 7 | 7 |
| Calcium diphosphate | g/kg | 13.5 | 13.5 |
| Salt | g/kg | 7 | 7 |
| DL-methionine | g/kg | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Vitamin-mineral premixa | g/kg | 10 | 10 |
| Digestible energy (Mj/kg)* | 10.8 | 10.6 | |
| Crude protein | g/kg | 174 | 174 |
| Ether extract | g/kg | 47.7 | 47.2 |
| Crude fibre | g/kg | 122 | 137 |
| Ash | g/kg | 89 | 84 |
| C16:0 | g/kg | 6.50 | 5.58 |
| C16:1 | g/kg | 0.21 | 0.30 |
| C18:0 | g/kg | 2.51 | 2.28 |
| C18:1 | g/kg | 10.66 | 10.23 |
| C18:2, LA | g/kg | 17.12 | 15.17 |
| C18:3 ALA | g/kg | 9.23 | 12.08 |
*Estimated from De Blas and Mateos26.
aPer kg diet: vitamin A 11,000 IU; vitamin D3 2,000 IU; vitamin B1 2.5 mg; vitamin B2 4 mg; vitamin B6 1.25 mg; vitamin B12 0.01 mg; alpha-tocopheryl acetate 5 mg; biotin 0.06 mg; vitamin K 2.5 mg; niacin 15 mg; folic acid 0.30 mg; d-pantothenic acid 10 mg; choline 600 mg; Mn 60 mg; Fe 50 mg; Zn 15 mg; I 0.5 mg; Co 0.5 mg.—indicates that the specific ingredient was not included in the diet.