Table 5 Effect of dietary treatments on the fatty acid composition of longissimus lumborum muscle (g/100 g total fatty acids) of lambs

C12:0

2.33

1.95

1.77

0.15

0.38

C14:0

10.17

8.02

7.37

0.68

0.23

C15:0

2.20

2.14

2.05

0.31

0.98

C15:1

1.47

1.75

0.81

0.26

0.46

C16:0

25.81

26.81

25.12

1.23

0.88

C16:1n-9

1.44

1.47

1.87

0.14

0.41

C18:0

27.68

31.75

27.98

1.16

0.32

C18:1n-9

14.89

18.86

17.27

0.78

0.10

C18:1trans11

1.79

1.71

1.10

0.23

0.47

C18:2 n-6

2.25

2.00

2.14

0.23

0.92

CLA c9 t11

0.80

0.61

0.78

0.05

0.39

CLA c12 t10

1.16

0.76

0.74

0.09

0.13

C18:3 n-3

0.78

0.90

1.03

0.05

0.25

C20:4 n-6

4.14

3.32

3.82

0.37

0.73

C20:5 n-3

2.11

0.90

2.53

0.33

0.08

C22:5 n-3

2.00

1.72

2.74

0.24

0.21

C22:6 n-3

1.51

1.44

2.42

0.21

0.09

Σ SFA

67.71

70.20

64.31

1.35

0.21

ΣUSFA

32.28

29.79

35.68

1.35

0.21

Σ MUFA

19.15

20.24

20.96

1.06

0.82

ΣPUFA n-3

6.24^ab

4.58^b

7.94^a

0.56

0.05

ΣPUFA n-6

6.40

5.32

5.96

0.32

0.45

ΣPUFA

12.64^ab

9.91^b

13.90^a

0.71

0.05

Σ trans FA

1.33

1.71

1.10

0.23

0.63

ΣCLA

1.96

1.38

1.52

0.11

0.10

n-6/n-3

1.03

1.24

0.75

0.12

0.28

USFA/SFA

0.48

0.43

0.55

0.02

0.20

PUFA/SFA

0.18^ab

0.14^b

0.21^a

0.01

0.05

AI

2.14

2.08

1.58

0.20

0.24

DFA

59.97

61.54

63.67

0.64

0.26

HH

0.77

0.75

0.96

0.05

0.25