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. 2022 Mar 20;12(6):783. doi: 10.3390/ani12060783

Table 1.

Chemical composition and fatty acid profile (mean ± SD) of feeds administered to goats.

Chemical Composition
g/kg DM		 CTR Concentrate LIN Concentrate Linseed Oat Hay Pasture
CP 177.4 ± 4.75 178.6 ± 3.69 242.3 ± 5.83 88.4 ± 5.08 160 ± 20.04
EE 28.70 ± 2.66 67.40 ± 1.36 350.2 ± 7.45 19.4 ± 1.84 20.3 ± 1.40
NDF 262.5 ± 6.13 266.9 ± 8.51 259.3 ± 7.12 594.5 ± 12.35 465.9 ± 50.12
ADF 98.60 ± 6.90 101.4 ± 7.04 112.1 ± 3.41 312.7 ± 9.270 338.4 ± 15.25
ADL 26.70 ± 1.33 27.30 ± 1.51 54.10 ± 2.11 39.6 ± 2.98 50.0 ± 7.19
PDIN g/kg DM 116.0 ± 3.66 100.5 ± 2.90 168.3 ± 3.86 62.3 ± 4.52 112.2 ± 12.31
PDIE g/kg DM 100.8 ± 2.72 104.4 ± 3.11 133.6 ± 2.98 64.5 ± 3.47 76.4 ± 9.90
Fatty acid profile
% of total FA
SFA 28.4 ± 1.13 26.6 ± 1.22 10.9 ± 0.31 . 17.7 ± 2.22
MUFA 15.8 ± 0.65 14.3 ± 0.25 22.2 ± 1.64 . 6.3 ± 0.74
PUFA 55.8 ± 2.61 59.12 ± 4.16 66.9 ± 2.51 . 76.0± 8.36
C18:2 48.7 ± 2.34 37.9 ± 2.19 13.7 ± 0.78 . 26.4 ± 6.70
C18:3 3.50 ± 0.12 18.3 ± 1.43 53.2 ± 4.82 . 41.9 ± 5.76
Concentrates ingredients
% as fed 		CTR LIN
Soft wheat bran 26.6;
Corn meal 15.0;
Sunflower meal 14.5;
Dried pulp beet 12.0;
Fava bean 10.6;
Corn gluten feed 7.0;
Dried citrus pulp 6.5;
Molasses 5.6;
Vitamin-mineral
premix 2.2		 Soft wheat bran 30.0;
Corn meal 23.0;
Linseed 20.0;
Dried citrus pulp 10.0;
Dried pulp beet 8.0;
Corn gluten feed 7.0;
Vitamin–mineral premix 2.0.

CTR: control group; LIN: linseed supplementation group; CP: crude protein; EE: ether extract; ADF: acid detergent fiber; ADL: acid detergent lignin; PDIN: protein digested in the small intestine when rumen-fermentable nitrogen is limiting; PDIE: protein digested in the small intestine when rumen-fermentable energy is limiting; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; NDF: neutral detergent fiber; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA: saturated fatty acids; UFL: unit feed for lactation.