Table 5 Ingredients of control, soybean oil (SO), and fish oil (FO) dietary treatments.

From: Effects of dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid sources on expression of lipid-related genes in bovine milk somatic cells

 

Diet

Control

SO

FO

Ingredient composition (% DM)

Corn silage

32.0

31.1

31.1

Fresh alfalfa

24.0

23.3

23.3

Malt distillers

19.2

18.6

18.6

Corn grain

7.6

7.4

7.4

Canola meal

6.2

6.0

6.0

Alfalfa hay

5.0

4.9

4.9

Soybean grain

4.0

3.9

3.9

Wheat bran

1.6

1.6

1.6

Soybean oil

0

2.9

0

Fish oil

0

0

2.9

Vitamin and mineral premixa

0.4

0.4

0.4

Fatty acid composition (g/100 g of FA)

C6:0

0.93

0.1

0.1

C10:0

0.25

nd

nd

C12:0

1.13

0.2

0.1

C14:0

10.4

0.6

7.05

C15:0

5.44

nd

4.06

C16:0

6.72

13.8

16.1

C16:1 cis-9

nd

1.7

4.53

C17:0

1.29

0.97

1.05

C18:0

22.5

5.17

8.72

C18:1 cis-9

0.92

17.9

7.94

C18:2 cis n-6

33.7

49.9

16.1

C18:3 n-6

7.72

2.83

2.63

C18:3 n-3

8.97

6.81

3.25

C20:5n-3

nd

nd

15.6

C22:5n-3

nd

nd

4.79

C22:6n-3

nd

nd

7.95

  1. nd not detected.
  2. aContained per kg: 25 g of P; 80 g of Ca; 25 g of Mg; 1.6 g of S; 300 000 IU of vitamin A; 50 000 IU of vitamin D3 and 1 600 IU of vitamin E.