Table 3.

Fatty acid profiles in cauda epididymis of Hu sheep with different fertility.

Fatty Acid Content (mg/g)	H	L	p-Value
C14:0	0.813 ± 0.078	0.632 ± 0.057	0.078
C15:0	0.050 ± 0.004	0.048 ± 0.003	0.731
C16:0	4.851 ± 0.229	4.315 ± 0.131	0.059
C16:1	0.094 ± 0.005	0.091 ± 0.007	0.740
C17:0	0.148 ± 0.008	0.131 ± 0.005	0.099
C18:0	3.747 ± 0.153	3.693 ± 0.134	0.795
C18:1n9t	0.032 ± 0.002	0.050 ± 0.008	0.060
C18:1n9c	2.747 ± 0.124	2.709 ± 0.109	0.822
C18:2n6t	0.005 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.000	0.331
C18:2n6c	1.376 ± 0.088	1.366 ± 0.055	0.923
C20:0	0.124 ± 0.007	0.133 ± 0.006	0.330
C18:3n6	0.019 ± 0.002	0.025 ± 0.003	0.074
C20:1	0.114 ± 0.007	0.110 ± 0.006	0.707
C18:3n3	0.031 ± 0.002	0.031 ± 0.001	0.776
C20:2	0.170 ± 0.030	0.159 ± 0.012	0.750
C22:0	0.057 ± 0.002	0.064 ± 0.003	0.050
C20:3n6	0.756 ± 0.057	0.630 ± 0.031	0.073
C20:3n3	0.004 ± 0.000	0.003 ± 0.000	0.089
C20:4n6	6.534 ± 0.185	5.797 ± 1.096	0.526
C23:0	0.107 ± 0.005	0.103 ± 0.003	0.513
C22:2	0.006 ± 0.001	0.005 ± 0.000	0.827
C24:0	0.043 ± 0.004	0.054 ± 0.007	0.216
C20:5n3	0.044 ± 0.026	0.030 ± 0.011	0.607
C24:1	0.013 ± 0.001	0.014 ± 0.001	0.132
C22:6n3	2.812 ± 0.215	1.275 ± 0.165	<0.001
Total	34.607 ± 0.727	31.388 ± 1.157	0.032
SFA	19.852 ± 0.444	19.087 ± 0.286	0.167
MUFA	3.000 ± 0.131	2.975 ± 0.120	0.892
PUFA	11.755 ± 0.398	9.325 ± 1.144	0.073
n-3 PUFA	2.891 ± 0.217	1.338 ± 0.165	<0.001
n-6 PUFA	8.689 ± 0.270	7.823 ± 1.080	0.457
n-6/n-3 PUFA	3.148 ± 0.252	6.158 ± 0.956	0.014