Table 1.
Ingredients, chemical composition and fatty acid profile of experimental diets.
| Ingredients, g/kg DM | Diets 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| CON | BAO | BUO | |
| Tifton hay | 300.0 | 300.0 | 300.0 |
| Ground corn | 460.0 | 415.0 | 415.0 |
| Soybean meal | 210.0 | 215.0 | 215.0 |
| Oil | 0.0 | 40.0 | 40.0 |
| Limestone | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Mineral premix 2 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Chemical composition, g/kg DM | |||
| Dry matter | 906.8 | 909.0 | 910.8 |
| Organic matter | 948.5 | 949.5 | 947.0 |
| Crude protein | 161.3 | 165.5 | 160.0 |
| Neutral detergent fiber | 404.8 | 396.3 | 394.6 |
| Non-fiber carbohydrates | 344.7 | 324.1 | 325.6 |
| Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg) | 26.6 | 29.1 | 27.1 |
| Fatty acids, g/kg of DM | |||
| 8:0 | 0.00 | 1.65 | 0.00 |
| 10:0 | 0.00 | 1.96 | 0.00 |
| 12:0 | 0.00 | 18.85 | 0.01 |
| 14:0 | 0.00 | 6.22 | 0.03 |
| 16:0 | 0.66 | 3.59 | 7.59 |
| 18:0 | 0.08 | 1.32 | 0.68 |
| c9-18:1 | 0.88 | 5.23 | 30.79 |
| 18:2 n-6 | 1.75 | 2.19 | 2.26 |
| 18:3 n-3 | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.54 |
| 20:0 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.05 |
| 22:0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.03 |
| 24:0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Others 3 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.79 |
| Saturated fatty acids | 0.79 | 33.96 | 8.48 |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids | 0.91 | 5.25 | 31.53 |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 1.86 | 2.28 | 2.80 |
| Total fatty acid, g/kg of DM | 3.56 | 41.52 | 42.81 |
1 CON = diet without added oil; BAO = 40 g/kg DM of babassu oil; BUO = 40 g/kg DM of buriti oil; 2 Composition: Ca 22%, P 5.5%, Mg 3.5%, S 2.2%, Cl 10.5%, Na 7.0%, Mn 1500 mg/kg, Fe 500 mg/kg, Zn 1550 mg/kg, Cu 440 mg/kg, Co 50 mg/kg, I 40 mg/kg, Se 20 mg/kg; 3 Sum of C15:0, C16:1, C17:0, C18:1 cis 11, C21:1 and C23:0.