Table 4 Effect of treatment diets on the fatty acid composition of the supraspinatus muscle (g/100 g total fatty acids) of lambs

C12:0

1.44

1.72

1.86

0.14

0.55

C14:0

11.45^a

8.72^b

6.21^c

0.98

0.01

C15:0

2.58

2.80

2.43

0.30

0.90

C15:1

1.31

1.16

1.94

0.33

0.69

C16:0

22.64

26.57

23.62

0.89

0.13

C16:1n-9

1.58

1.73

1.82

0.20

0.91

C18:0

27.64

27.10

26.75

0.82

0.92

C18:1n-9

17.70

16.71

17.91

0.55

0.70

C18:1trans11

1.01

1.24

1.05

0.10

0.72

C18:2 n-6

2.67

3.63

2.91

0.23

0.33

CLA c9 t11

1.23

1.41

1.63

0.11

0.40

CLA c12 t10

0.76

0.80

0.56

0.05

0.23

C18:3 n-3

0.75

0.77

0.91

0.07

0.66

C20:4 n-6

4.16

3.35

3.10

0.38

0.56

C20:5 n-3

2.15

2.51

1.50

0.32

0.56

C22:5 n-3

1.51

1.76

1.86

0.26

0.89

C22:6 n-3

2.24

1.46

1.14

0.21

0.07

Σ SFA

64.20

66.28

66.96

0.84

0.43

ΣUSFA

35.79

33.71

33.03

0.84

0.43

Σ MUFA

21.47

20.53

22.04

0.85

0.81

ΣPUFA n-3

6.66

6.51

4.36

0.67

0.34

ΣPUFA n-6

6.83

6.11

6.02

0.58

0.08

ΣPUFA

13.49

12.62

10.38

0.61

0.72

Σ trans FA

1.01

1.24

1.05

0.10

0.79

ΣCLA

1.99

2.21

2.12

0.10

0.97

n-6/n-3

1.46

1.43

1.53

0.16

0.43

USFA/SFA

0.55

0.50

0.49

0.01

0.22

PUFA/SFA

0.21

0.19

0.17

0.007

0.08

AI

1.78

1.79

2.01

0.11

0.82

DFA

63.43

60.82

59.87

1.23

0.31

HH

0.96

0.85

0.80

0.06

0.43