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Table 6 Fatty acid concentration (mg/100Ā g muscle) of longissimus thoracis obtained from Hanwoo steers fed with different supplementary hay

From: Effect of mixed hay supplementation during fattening on carcass traits and meat quality of Hanwoo steers

Compound

RS

MH

TH

SEM

P value

C14:0

492c

727a

643b

38.75

<0.001

C16:0

2960c

4665a

4059b

226

<0.001

C16:1n-7

443b

740a

581ab

43.29

0.01

C18:0

992c

1551a

1342b

68.97

<0.001

C18:1n-9

4728c

7510a

6481b

259

<0.001

C18:2n-6

365c

528a

477b

14.25

<0.001

C18:3n-3

40.44c

92.46a

61.92b

3.58

<0.001

C20:1n-9

36.40a

54.20a

39.91b

2.87

<0.001

C20:4n-6

45.50b

63.77a

66.05a

4.51

<0.001

C20:5n-3

8.09b

12.75a

12.38a

0.86

<0.001

Total fatty acids

10111c

15944b

13763a

816

<0.001

āˆ‘SFA

4445b

6943a

6044a

312

<0.001

āˆ‘MUFA

5207c

8304a

7102b

285

<0.001

āˆ‘PUFA

459b

697a

618a

31.56

<0.001

āˆ‘n-6

410b

591a

544a

18.84

<0.001

āˆ‘n-3

48.53c

105a

74.31b

19.03

<0.001

n-6/n-3

8.46a

5.64b

7.31a

0.16

0.01

  1. RS rice straw, MH mixed hay, TH timothy hay
  2. SEM standard error of the means
  3. SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids
  4. Different superscripts a~c in the same row indicate differences among diet groups (Pā€‰<ā€‰0.05)