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Table 2 Fatty acid content (in %) in milk of Churra Tensina ewes at the fifth week of lactation, according to forage type ^1–2

From: Forage preservation (grazing vs. hay) fed to ewes affects the fatty acid profile of milk and CPT1B gene expression in the sheep mammary gland

Fatty acid	Diet
Fatty acid	HAY	GRE	SE	P-value
C4:0	2.46	2.76	0.16	0.08
C6:0	1.77	1.92	0.09	0.14
C8:0	1.74	1.78	0.13	0.79
C10:0	5.08	4.62	0.53	0.39
C12:0	3.02	2.43	0.29	0.06
C14:0	7.87	6.70	0.62	0.07
C16:0	21.66	20.01	0.85	0.06
C16:1 cis-9	1.17	1.09	0.06	0.21
C17:0	1.27	1.32	0.07	0.45
C17:1 cis-10	0.70^a	0.57^b	0.04	0.01
C18:0	12.03^a	14.60^b	0.94	0.01
C18:1 n-9	27.67	28.56	1.66	0.59
C18:1 n-7	0.52	0.53	0.05	0.75
C18:2 trans-9 trans-12	0.24	0.28	0.02	0.12
C18:2 cis-9 cis-12	2.21^a	1.88^b	0.11	0.008
CLA C18:2 cis-9 trans-11	1.17^a	1.58^b	0.13	0.005
C18:3 n-6	0.037	0.004	0.003	0.84
C18:3 n-3	1.48	1.52	0.10	0.70
C20:0	0.20	0.18	0.01	0.18
C20:1 n-9	0.07	0.06	0.007	0.06
C20:2 cis-11 cis-14	0.10^a	0.16^b	0.02	0.004
C20:3 cis-8 cis-11 cis-14	0.002	0.002	0.003	0.94
C20:4 n-6	0.17	0.16	0.01	0.33
C20:5 n-3	0.10	0.10	0.01	0.92
C22:0	0.11	0.11	0.01	0.89
C22:5 n-3	0.20	0.19	0.01	0.77
C22:6 n-3	0.07	0.05	0.01	0.38
C24:0	0.053	0.040	0.01	0.27

¹Within a row, means without a common superscript differ (P < 0.05). SE is the standard error.
²HAY group: ewes received hay from mountain pastures; GRE group: ewes grazed low mountain pastures.

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