Table 10
Least square means for the fatty acid (FA) composition (% of total FA) of mesentery adipose tissue in goats fed graded levels of blend of 80 % canola oil and 20 % palm oil

	Level of BCPOd (%)				P value
Parameter	0	4	8	SEM	Overall	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0, myristic	6.67a	5.70b	5.04c	0.53	0.048	0.049	0.395
C16:0, palmitic	27.06	27.05	24.22	1.18	0.170	0.334	0.104
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic	3.49	3.44	2.74	0.44	0.409	0.461	0.266
C18:0, stearic	26.10	25.28	24.42	2.56	0.898	0.814	0.693
C18:1n-9, oleic	19.97b	18.98b	26.30a	2.42	0.050	0.044	0.377
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic	3.48	4.27	4.87	0.73	0.422	0.569	0.239
CLA cis-9 trans-11	1.30	1.51	1.20	0.22	0.612	0.337	0.841
CLA trans-10 cis-12	1.54	2.08	1.72	0.39	0.618	0.521	0.463
C18:2n-6, linoleic	3.63	3.65	3.53	0.53	0.986	0.878	0.953
C18:3n-3, linolenic	1.56	1.44	1.71	0.23	0.712	0.417	0.952
C20:4n-6, arachidonic	1.89	1.62	2.13	0.52	0.784	0.491	0.980
C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic	1.87c	2.78b	2.91c	0.39	0.043	0.011	0.051
C22:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic	1.42	1.67	2.11	0.42	0.501	0.458	0.365
C22:6n-3, docosahexanoic	1.92	1.87	2.29	0.52	0.824	0.574	0.804
Total FA (mg/g of fat)	842.23	925.87	982.87	160.09	0.827	0.804	0.577
FA sums and ratios
∑SFA	59.83	58.03	54.09	3.24	0.402	0.353	0.328
∑MUFA	26.95	26.69	33.90	6.62	0.169	0.113	0.299
∑PUFA	15.12	16.61	17.60	1.61	0.437	0.563	0.606
∑n-3	7.013	7.76	9.028	0.86	0.268	0.307	0.205
∑n-6	6.22	5.27	5.653	0.76	0.696	0.730	0.442
n-6:n-3	0.89	0.68	0.69	0.09	0.195	0.921	0.074
UFA:SFA	0.70	0.91	0.77	0.11	0.411	0.317	0.317
PUFA:SFA	0.23	0.25	0.26	0.03	0.790	0.782	0.535
Desaturase and elongase indices
ID16	11.42	11.28	10.12	0.87	0.711	0.418	0.111
ID18	43.35	42.88	51.85	2.99	0.612	0.234	0.516
Elongation Index (EI)	60.13	59.74	65.29	3.03	0.875	0.324	0.198