Table 8 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) from Longissimus lumborum muscle of goats fed with cactus pear silage (CPS) and submitted to intermittent water supply (IWS).

Variable (mg/g FAME)	CPS (% DM)			IWS (h)			SEM	p-value
Variable (mg/g FAME)	0	21	42	0	24	48	SEM	CPS	IWS	CPS × IWS
∑PUFA	50.7	43.2	42.3	44.2	46.5	45.4	3.12	0.146	0.782	0.082
c9,t11-C18:2 + isomers	0.69	0.81	0.74	0.80	0.67	0.77	0.09	0.645	0.464	0.334
∑n-3	10.1	7.5	6.73	7.67	8.67	7.97	1.08	0.125	0.450	0.162
C18:3 n-3	0.88	0.52	0.78	0.62	0.69	0.88	0.10	0.072	0.190	0.809
C20:3 n-3	0.03	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.02	0.139	0.740	0.296
C20:5 n-3	3.00	2.41	2.08	2.27	2.79	2.43	0.43	0.438	0.458	0.603
C22:5 n-3	4.95	4.04	3.51	3.87	4.66	3.98	0.64	0.409	0.261	0.143
C22:6 n-3	1.21	0.45	0.30	0.86	0.47	0.63	0.21	0.061	0.588	0.676
∑n-6	40.1	34.9	34.8	35.8	37.3	36.6	2.39	0.261	0.937	0.132
c9,c12-C18:2 n-6	20.1	19.3	19.9	19.0	20.3	20.0	1.27	0.800	0.899	0.437
C18:3 n-6	0.20	0.23	0.22	0.23	0.21	0.22	0.03	0.805	0.959	0.900
C20:2 n-6	0.01	0.00	0.03	0.00	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.189	0.619	0.505
C20:3 n-6	0.45	0.48	0.43	0.43	0.55	0.38	0.08	0.816	0.055	0.056
C20:4 n-6	19.3	14.9	14.2	16.1	16.2	16.0	1.55	0.085	0.968	0.215

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

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