Table 3.
Goats’ milk fatty acid profile (mean value, g/100 g of total fatty acids) of control (CTR) and linseed supplementation (LIN) groups.
| CTR | LIN | RMSE | p-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group (G) | Time (T) | GxT | ||||
| SFA | 73.19 | 69.47 | 3.452 | *** | *** | NS |
| MUFA | 23.43 | 26.10 | 2.994 | *** | *** | NS |
| PUFA | 3.32 | 4.20 | 0.454 | *** | *** | *** |
| PUFA n3 | 1.16 | 1.38 | 0.177 | *** | *** | *** |
| PUFA n6 | 1.81 | 2.20 | 0.263 | *** | *** | *** |
| n6/n3 | 1.54 | 1.63 | 0.239 | NS | *** | *** |
| C18:2 (c9, t11) | 0.338 | 0.610 | 0.1648 | *** | ** | ** |
| C18:2 (t10, c12) n6 | 0.091 | 0.108 | 0.1184 | NS | NS | NS |
| CLAs | 0.429 | 0.735 | 0.243 | *** | ** | ** |
SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; CLAs: conjugated linoleic acids. *** p < 0.001; ** p < 0.01; NS: not significant; RMSE: root mean square error.