Table 7 Effect of oil type (OT) and savory plant (SP) on milk fatty acid composition (g/100 g FA).

From: Impact of oil type and savory plant on nutrient digestibility and rumen fermentation, milk yield, and milk fatty acid profile in dairy cows

Item1

Diet2

SEM3

P-Value

FOD

SOD

FODs

SODs

OT

SP

OT×SP

Tr

C4:0

1.81b

2.39a

1.65b

2.04ab

0.138

0.004

0.047

0.359

0.013

C6:0

1.26ab

1.59a

0.78b

1.17ab

0.151

0.020

0.008

0.781

0.016

C8:0

0.72ab

0.88a

0.66b

0.77ab

0.042

0.008

0.034

0.474

0.018

C10:0

1.71bc

2.28a

1.57c

2.07ab

0.109

< 0.001

0.081

0.668

0.004

C12:0

2.82a

2.59ab

2.26bc

2.07c

0.118

0.051

0.001

0.833

0.005

C14:0

9.43a

8.33bc

8.93ab

7.69c

0.207

< 0.001

0.012

0.665

0.002

C14:1

1.12a

0.65b

1.22a

0.95ab

0.083

0.002

0.021

0.147

0.004

C15:0

1.33a

1.00bc

1.11b

0.88c

0.060

0.001

0.011

0.263

0.003

iso C15:0

0.23b

0.20c

0.26a

0.23b

0.006

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.767

< 0.001

anteiso C15:0

0.51ab

0.46b

0.59a

0.52ab

0.026

0.030

0.014

0.698

0.026

iso C16:0

0.26ab

0.20c

0.30a

0.26ab

0.013

0.003

0.003

0.621

0.003

C16:0

24.8a

22.7bc

23.3ab

21.6c

0.41

0.001

0.007

0.524

0.003

C16:1

2.61b

1.47c

3.41a

2.26b

0.146

0.001

0.001

0.975

0.001

C17:0

0.81ab

0.59c

0.89a

0.67bc

0.059

0.003

0.124

0.955

0.014

C17:1

0.35ab

0.19c

0.41a

S1bc

0.030

0.001

0.022

0.778

0.003

C18:0

10.4b

11.7a

9.1c

10.6ab

0.35

0.002

0.005

0.592

0.004

C18:1c

24.5a

23.1b

25.5a

24.1b

0.29

0.001

0.005

0.880

0.002

C18:1t

4.75b

3.52d

5.21a

4.01c

0.113

< 0.001

0.002

0.870

< 0.001

C18:2c

2.25b

3.20ab

2.71b

3.93a

0.314

0.005

0.045

0.567

0.014

C18:2t

0.87ab

0.47b

1.10a

0.61ab

0.150

0.008

0.141

0.721

0.030

C18:2(c9,t11-CLA)

1.08ab

0.69b

1.38a

0.79b

0.110

0.002

0.048

0.254

0.005

C18:2(t10,c12-CLA)

0.06ab

0.01c

0.09a

0.03bc

0.012

0.001

0.052

0.672

0.005

C18:3c

0.47b

0.56ab

0.53b

0.75a

0.059

0.013

0.027

0.195

0.02

C20:0

0.17ab

0.13b

0.21a

0.17ab

0.015

0.016

0.010

1.000

0.016

C20:1

0.12a

0.04b

0.15a

0.04b

0.011

< 0.001

0.107

0.071

0.001

C20:5

0.21a

3NDb

0.29a

NDb

0.046

< 0.001

0.246

0.246

0.003

C22:0

0.15ab

0.07c

0.18a

0.11b

0.011

< 0.001

0.007

0.394

< 0.001

C22:5

0.20b

NDc

0.46a

NDc

0.039

< 0.001

0.004

0.010

< 0.001

C22:6

0.23b

NDc

0.45a

NDc

0.053

< 0.001

0.032

0.032

0.001

UFA

38.8b

33.9c

42.9a

37.7b

0.57

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.807

< 0.001

SFA

56.4a

55.0a

51.8b

50.9b

0.81

0.117

< 0.001

0.702

0.003

MUFA

33.5b

28.9d

35.9a

31.6c

0.35

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.602

< 0.001

PUFA

5.38ab

4.92b

7.01a

6.11ab

0.465

0.094

0.008

0.529

0.026

S-MCFA

8.32b

9.71a

6.93c

8.11b

0.242

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.570

< 0.001

LCFA

86.9a

79.1b

87.8a

80.4b

0.79

< 0.001

0.069

0.698

< 0.001

OBCFA

3.47a

2.64b

3.58a

2.81b

0.120

< 0.001

0.144

0.727

0.001

OCFA

3.21a

2.44b

3.28a

2.56b

0.108

< 0.001

0.275

0.746

0.001

iso FA

0.99bc

0.86c

1.15a

1.01ab

0.040

0.005

0.003

0.899

0.004

Others

4.77b

11.1a

5.29b

11.4a

0.72

< 0.001

0.468

0.833

< 0.001

  1. 1UFA: sum of unsaturated fatty acids; SFA: sum of saturated fatty acids; MUFA: sum of mono-unsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: sum of poly unsaturated fatty acids; S-MCFA: sum of short- and medium chain fatty acids (C4:0 to C17:0); LCFA: sum of long chain fatty acids (≥ C18); OBCFA: sum of odd- and branched chain fatty acids; OCFA: sum of odd chain fatty acids; iso FA: sum of iso fatty acids.
  2. 2FOD = basal diet + 2% fish oil; SOD = basal die + 2% soybean oil; FODs = basal diet + 2% fish oil + 370 g/d SP; SODs = basal diet + 2% soybean oil + 370 g/d SP.
  3. 3SEM = standard error of the means, Tr = treatment.
  4. 3ND = Not detectable.