Table 7 Least square means for the fatty acid composition (% of total FA) of supraspinatus muscle in goats fed graded levels of blend of 80 % canola oil and 20 % palm oil

C14:0, myristic

2.98

2.17

2.11

0.03

0.213

0.421

0.212

C16:0, palmitic

24.53^a

21.63^b

17.34^c

2.14

0.011

0.031

0.330

C16:1n-7, palmitoleic

3.29^a

2.16^b

1.09^c

0.01

0.046

0.002

0.175

C18:0, stearic

17.93

17.35

15.39

1.54

0.541

0.472

0.112

C18:1n-9, oleic

28.13^c

31.93^b

36.44^a

3.00

0.021

0.041

0.331

C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic

2.02^a

3.02^b

4.78^c

0.20

0.012

0.031

0.221

CLA cis-9 trans-11

0.66^c

1.08^b

1.14^c

0.02

0.012

0.012

0.221

CLA trans-10 cis-12

0.68

0.76

0.79

0.22

0.556

0.213

0.451

C18:2n-6, linoleic

10.61

10.26

10.60

1.20

0.150

0.187

0.156

C18:3n-3, linolenic

0.72^a

1.00^b

1.45^c

0.02

0.013

0.048

0.189

C20:4n-6, arachidonic

5.55

5.34

5.24

0.56

0.212

0.568

0.118

C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic

0.86^a

1.28^b

1.54^c

0.02

0.045

0.042

0.091

C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic

0.99

1.00

0.74

0.10

0.541

0.219

0.871

C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic

1.06

1.04

1.05

0.01

0.342

0.221

0.448

Total FA (mg/g of muscle)

2.11

2.34

2.18

0.03

0.112

0.574

0.378

∑SFA

45.44^a

41.15^b

34.84^c

4.21

0.001

0.002

0.019

∑MUFA

33.26^c

37.11^b

42.31^a

3.21

0.005

0.001

0.003

∑PUFA

21.13

21.76

22.55

3.11

0.213

0.445

0.318

∑n-3

3.63^c

4.32^b

4.78^a

0.76

0.014

0.047

0.231

∑n-6

16.16

15.60

15.84

1.21

0.223

0.345

0.186

n-6:n-3

4.45^a

3.61^b

3.31^c

0.50

0.034

0.041

0.176

UFA:SFA

1.20^a

1.43^b

1.86^c

0.07

0.013

0.045

0.124

PUFA:SFA

0.46^c

0.52^b

0.65^a

0.01

0.025

0.019

0.332

ID16

11.83^a

9.08^b

5.91^c

1.20

0.032

0.001

0.664

ID18

61.07^c

64.29^b

70.30^a

5.11

0.041

0.045

0.716

Elongation Index (EI)

68.46^a

67.44^a

73.76^b

6.72

0.045

0.043

0.212