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Figure 2

From: Effect of the feeding system on the fatty acid composition, expression of the Δ9-desaturase, Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha, Gamma, and Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 genes in the semitendinous muscle of light lambs of the Rasa Aragonesa breed

Figure 2

Mean fatty acid composition of the semitendinous muscle in Rasa Aragonesa lambs for each feeding system. A: Mean values of total satured (SFA), monounsatured (MUFA) and polyunsatured (PUFA) fatty acids, and n-3 and n-6 PUFA composition (expressed as the percentage of total fatty acids). B: Fatty acid ratios. ALF: Grazing Alfalfa; ALF+S: Grazing alfalfa with supplement for lambs; IND-GRE: Indoor lambs with grazing ewes; and IND: Indoors. Different subscripts differ with at least P < 0.05. The ratio of PUFA/SFA was calculated as (C18:2+C18:3+C20:4+C20:5+C22:4+C22:5+C22:6)/(C10:0+ C12:0+C14:0+C16:0+C18:0+ C20:0). The ratio of n-6/n-3 was calculated as (C18:2 n-6+C20:4 n-6+C22:4 n-6)/(C18:3 n-3+ C20:5 n-3+ C22:5 n-3+ C22:6 n-3.

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