Table 6 Fatty acid from L. lumborum muscle of goats fed with cactus pear silage (CPS) and submitted to intermittent water supply (IWS).

From: Carcass traits and meat quality of goats fed with cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica Mill) silage subjected to an intermittent water supply

Variable (mg/g FAME)

CPS (% DM)

IWS (h)

SEM

p-value

0

21

42

0

24

48

CPS

IWS

CPS × IWS

∑ Saturated fatty acids

421

436

435

432

426

434

11.7

0.578

0.992

0.710

C6:0

0.20

0.15

0.15

0.15

0.19

0.15

0.02

0.207

0.083

0.533

C8:0

0.15

0.12

0.12

0.13

0.14

0.12

0.01

0.228

0.500

0.648

C10:0

0.96

0.88

1.01

0.95

0.95

0.95

0.05

0.920

0.770

0.903

C11:0

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.03

> 0.01

0.787

0.341

0.786

C12:0

0.49

0.44

0.46

0.46

0.47

0.47

0.02

0.487

0.993

0.572

C13:0

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

0.04

> 0.01

0.516

0.409

0.192

C14:0

13.4

13.3

14.4

13.5

13.2

14.4

0.01

0.444

0.159

0.227

C15:0

2.43

2.45

2.53

2.41

2.68

2.31

0.11

0.770

0.057

0.197

C16:0

228

230

230

225

222

241

5.49

0.939

0.055

0.284

C17:0

12.7

15.6

15.3

14.4

16.2

13.1

0.97

0.075

0.082

0.197

C18:0

154

166

163

168

161

154

8.70

0.533

0.556

0.452

C20:0

0.32

0.33

0.31

0.34

0.36

0.25

0.03

0.908

0.116

0.053

C21:0

0.00

0.06

0.04

0.03

0.06

0.02

0.03

0.299

0.631

0.669

C22:0

1.10a

0.76ab

0.52b

0.87

0.89

0.63

0.01

0.009

0.289

0.403

C23:0

0.21

0.18

0.17

0.13b

0.26a

0.18ab

0.03

0.767

0.012

0.065

C24:0

0.04

0.00

0.03

0.01

0.05

0.03

0.02

0.553

0.428

0.301

∑ Branched-chain fatty acid

7.15a

6.02b

6.25b

6.68

6.51

6.21

0.27

0.026

0.260

0.688

C13:0 anteiso

0.51a

0.34b

0.31b

0.39

0.44

0.33

0.05

0.026

0.051

0.683

C14:0 iso

0.20

0.15

0.17

0.18

0.18

0.17

0.01

0.103

0.751

0.446

C15:0 iso

0.85

0.72

0.81

0.82

0.76

0.80

0.05

0.205

0.675

0.250

C15:0 anteiso

1.07a

0.78b

0.83b

0.90

0.93

0.85

0.06

0.001

0.379

0.155

C16:0 iso

1.27

1.01

1.07

1.23

1.07

1.04

0.07

0.069

0.122

0.926

C17:0 iso

3.25

3.01

3.05

3.16

3.13

3.02

0.14

0.696

0.716

0.638

  1. a,bMeans within rows with different letter superscripts differ by Tukey test (p < 0.05).