Table 9 Least square means for the fatty acid (FA) composition (% of total FA) of perirenal adipose tissue in goats fed graded levels of blend of 80 % canola oil and 20 % palm oil

C14:0, myristic

6.02^a

3.87^b

3.85^b

0.46

0.005

0.001

0.974

C16:0, palmitic

23.44

25.74

24.18

2.34

0.774

0.614

0.619

C16:1n-7, palmitoleic

2.94^a

1.99^b

1.83^c

0.13

<.0001

<.0001

0.336

C18:0, stearic

40.18^a

38.92^b

30.64^c

1.79

0.001

0.027

0.002

C18:1n-9, oleic

17.69^c

21.03^b

29.05^c

1.73

0.001

0.003

0.002

C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic

4.27

3.55

5.15

1.34

0.668

0.966

0.376

CLA cis-9 trans-11

0.80^b

1.09^a

1.11^a

0.04

0.054

0.046

0.191

CLA trans-10 cis-12

0.36

0.36

0.33

0.15

0.578

0.369

0.603

C18:2n-6, linoleic

3.52

3.20

3.70

0.27

0.404

0.839

0.188

C18:3n-3, linolenic

0.27

0.32

0.28

0.02

0.213

0.240

0.185

C20:4n-6, arachidonic

0.08

0.06

0.08

0.12

0.702

0.757

0.440

C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic

0.76

0.53

0.52

0.18

0.593

0.313

0.966

C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic

0.15

0.47

0.32

0.15

0.356

0.218

0.463

C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic

0.11

0.30

0.24

0.16

0.705

0.751

0.445

Total FA (mg/g of fat)

544.47

673.58

692.52

124.31

0.679

0.389

0.909

∑SFA

69.64^a

68.53^b

58.67^c

2.36

<.0001

0.004

0.0002

∑MUFA

24.91^c

26.57^b

36.02^a

1.54

<.0001

0.005

0.0001

∑PUFA

5.78

6.33

6.55

0.33

0.884

0.127

0.654

∑n-3

1.29

1.63

1.36

0.29

0.709

0.517

0.613

∑n-6

3.63

3.26

3.78

0.40

0.224

0.966

0.376

n-6:n-3

2.81

2.00

2.78

0.89

0.643

0.354

0.988

UFA:SFA

0.44^c

0.47^b

0.71^a

0.04

<.0001

0.005

<.0001

PUFA:SFA

0.08

0.09

0.11

0.01

0.144

0.758

0.054

ID16

11.14^a

7.18^b

7.03^c

0.90

0.020

0.031

0.123

ID18

30.57^c

35.08^b

48.67^a

1.34

0.014

0.042

0.070

Elongation Index (EI)

68.68

68.37

69.64

2.19

0.859

0.706

0.901