Table 1 Formulation, proximate analysis and fatty acid profile of the control (CNT) and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA)-enriched diet (FLAX).
Ingredients | Units | CNT | FLAX |
|---|---|---|---|
Dehydrated alfalfa meal | g/kg | 300 | 380 |
Soybean meal 44% | g/kg | 150 | 100 |
Barley meal | g/kg | 410 | 310 |
Wheat bran | g/kg | 52 | 52 |
Soybean oil | g/kg | 30 | – |
Extruded flaxseed | g/kg | – | 100 |
Beet molasses | g/kg | 20 | 10 |
Calcium carbonate | g/kg | 7 | 7 |
Calcium diphosphate | g/kg | 13.5 | 13.5 |
Salt | g/kg | 7 | 7 |
DL-methionine | g/kg | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Vitamin-mineral premixa | g/kg | 10 | 10 |
Digestible energy (Mj/kg)* | 10.8 | 10.6 | |
Crude protein | g/kg | 174 | 174 |
Ether extract | g/kg | 47.7 | 47.2 |
Crude fibre | g/kg | 122 | 137 |
Ash | g/kg | 89 | 84 |
C16:0 | g/kg | 6.50 | 5.58 |
C16:1 | g/kg | 0.21 | 0.30 |
C18:0 | g/kg | 2.51 | 2.28 |
C18:1 | g/kg | 10.66 | 10.23 |
C18:2, LA | g/kg | 17.12 | 15.17 |
C18:3 ALA | g/kg | 9.23 | 12.08 |
