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

	Level of BCPOd (%)				P value
Parameter	0	4	8	SEM	Overall	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0, myristic	2.98	2.17	2.11	0.03	0.213	0.421	0.212
C16:0, palmitic	24.53a	21.63b	17.34c	2.14	0.011	0.031	0.330
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic	3.29a	2.16b	1.09c	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	28.13c	31.93b	36.44a	3.00	0.021	0.041	0.331
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic	2.02a	3.02b	4.78c	0.20	0.012	0.031	0.221
CLA cis-9 trans-11	0.66c	1.08b	1.14c	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	0.72a	1.00b	1.45c	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	0.86a	1.28b	1.54c	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
FA ratios and sums
∑SFA	45.44a	41.15b	34.84c	4.21	0.001	0.002	0.019
∑MUFA	33.26c	37.11b	42.31a	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	3.63c	4.32b	4.78a	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	4.45a	3.61b	3.31c	0.50	0.034	0.041	0.176
UFA:SFA	1.20a	1.43b	1.86c	0.07	0.013	0.045	0.124
PUFA:SFA	0.46c	0.52b	0.65a	0.01	0.025	0.019	0.332
Desaturase and elongase indices
ID16	11.83a	9.08b	5.91c	1.20	0.032	0.001	0.664
ID18	61.07c	64.29b	70.30a	5.11	0.041	0.045	0.716
Elongation Index (EI)	68.46a	67.44a	73.76b	6.72	0.045	0.043	0.212