Table 2 Fatty acid profile of calcium salts of fatty acids included in high-concentrate diets fed to feedlot Nellore bulls.

From: Nutritional protocols for improving meat quality of feedlot Nellore bulls differing in marbling estimated progeny

Fatty acid, %

Calcium salts fatty acids

SFA2

53.12

C8:0 (caprilic)

0.033

C10:0 (capric)

0.183

C12:0 (lauric)

2.862

C14:0 (myristic)

1.868

C15:0 (pentadecanoic)

0.080

C16:0 (palmitic)

42.42

C17:0 (margaric)

0.136

C18:0 (stearic)

5.213

C20:0 (arachidic)

0.318

UFA3

43.69

MUFA4

31.78

C16:1cis9 (palmitoleic)

0.189

C17:1 (heptadecenoic)

0.025

C18:1 cis9 (oleic)

31.51

C20:1 (eicosenoic)

0.057

PUFA5

11.90

C18:2 cis-9, cis-12 (linoleic)

11.72

C20:3 cis-8, cis-11, cis-14 (dihomo-γ-linolenic acid)

0.185

Ratios

MUFA: SFA

0.59

PUFA: SFA

0.22

UFA: SFA

0.82

  1. 1Calcium salts fatty acids from palm, soybean, and cottonseed oil (NutriGordura; Nutricorp Animal Nutrition; Araras, São Paulo, Brazil).
  2. 2SFA= saturated fatty acids.
  3. 3UFA= unsaturated fatty acids.
  4. 4MUFA= monounsaturated fatty acids.
  5. 5PUFA= polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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