Table 8
Least square means for the fatty acid (FA) composition (% of total FA) of omental adipose tissue in goats fed graded levels of blend of 80 % canola oil and 20 % palm oil

	Levels of BCPOd (%)				P value
Parameter	0	4	8	SEM	Overall	Linear	quadratic
C14:0, myristic	5.55a	4.18b	4.04b	0.30	0.003	0.001	0.757
C16:0, palmitic	26.67	21.87	24.57	1.92	0.232	0.158	0.331
C16:1n-7, palmitoleic	2.94a	2.25b	2.01c	0.12	<.0001	<.0001	0.176
C18:0, stearic	31.24	35.41	32.42	1.86	0.092	0.142	0.096
C18:1n-9, oleic	24.99b	29.67a	31.07a	2.85	0.006	0.037	0.730
C18:1 trans-11 Vaccenic	4.77a	0.78b	0.61b	0.79	0.001	0.0004	0.882
CLA cis-9 trans-11	0.96b	1.29a	1.29a	0.07	0.004	0.001	0.940
CLA trans-10 cis-12	0.29	0.31	0.39	0.04	0.197	0.200	0.198
C18:2n-6, linoleic	3.14	3.40	3.96	0.42	0.387	0.306	0.357
C18:3n-3, linolenic	0.17	0.25	0.18	0.02	0.055	0.189	0.039
C20:4n-6, arachidonic	0.11	0.10	0.11	0.01	0.560	0.418	0.483
C20:5n-3, eicosapentaenoic	0.08c	0.16b	0.56c	0.08	0.001	0.008	0.002
C22:5n-3, docosapentaenoic	0.20	0.29	0.40	0.13	0.574	0.383	0.561
C22:6n-3, docosahexaenoic	0.15	0.08	0.09	0.05	0.463	0.223	0.894
Total FA (mg/g of fat)	651.60	610.23	697.51	117.30	0.871	0.987	0.604
FA ratios and sums
∑SFA	63.46	61.46	61.02	2.68	0.792	0.669	0.601
∑MUFA	31.45	32.69	33.69	2.83	0.959	0.887	0.806
∑PUFA	5.09a	5.86b	6.96c	0.51	0.018	0.048	0.145
∑n-3	0.60	0.78	1.22	0.19	0.096	0.112	0.128
∑n-6	3.24	3.49	4.07	0.42	0.397	0.324	0.350
n-6:n-3	9.85a	6.26b	3.90c	1.74	0.047	0.036	0.350
UFA:SFA	0.58	0.62	0.66	0.05	0.665	0.448	0.632
PUFA:SFA	0.08	0.10	0.11	0.01	0.102	0.127	0.124
Elongase and desaturase indices
ID16	9.90	9.30	7.56	1.34	0.116	0.671	0.094
ID18	44.44	45.59	48.95	2.16	0.324	0.567	0.713
Elongation index (EI)	65.50	72.96	70.49	3.01	0.772	0.712	0.546