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Table 3 Fatty acid composition of the pigs’ back fat

From: Dietary inclusion of fibrous corn silages reduces gastric mucosa damage in fattening heavy pigs

 

DIETS1

CTR

SIL

RMSE

P value

Fatty acid2, %

 C12:0

0.07

0.06

0.01

0.798

 C14:0

1.27

1.25

0.06

0.969

 C16:0

24.48

24.54

0.57

0.867

 C16:1

2.01

2.07

0.13

0.976

 C17:0

0.33

0.34

0.07

0.792

 C18:0

14.16

14.70

0.96

0.362

 C18:1 ω-9

39.92

39.68

1.18

0.735

 C18:1 ω-7

2.22

2.29

0.15

0.416

 C18:2 ω-6

12.33

11.52

1.09

0.243

 C18:3 ω-3

0.49

0.48

0.06

0.980

 ω-3

0.59

0.60

0.07

0.939

 ω-6

12.91

12.37

1.32

0.502

 ω-6/ω-3

22.29

20.78

0.76

0.011

Fatty acid profile3, %

 SFA

40.56

41.42

1.26

0.277

 MUFA

45.63

45.60

1.44

0.971

 PUFA

13.49

12.97

1.40

0.540

  1. 1CTR = Control diet with 0% corn silages; SIL = diet containing whole ear corn silage and whole plant corn silage (20 and 10% on a DM basis, respectively)
  2. 2Percentage of total determined fatty acid
  3. 3 SFA = Saturated fatty acids; MUFA = Monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = Polyunsaturated fats
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