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

	Level of BCPOd (%)				P value
Parameter	0	4	8	SEM	Overall	Linear	Quadratic
C14:0, myristic	6.02a	3.87b	3.85b	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	2.94a	1.99b	1.83c	0.13	<.0001	<.0001	0.336
C18:0, stearic	40.18a	38.92b	30.64c	1.79	0.001	0.027	0.002
C18:1n-9, oleic	17.69c	21.03b	29.05c	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	0.80b	1.09a	1.11a	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
FA ratios and sums
∑SFA	69.64a	68.53b	58.67c	2.36	<.0001	0.004	0.0002
∑MUFA	24.91c	26.57b	36.02a	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	0.44c	0.47b	0.71a	0.04	<.0001	0.005	<.0001
PUFA:SFA	0.08	0.09	0.11	0.01	0.144	0.758	0.054
Desaturase and elongase indices
ID16	11.14a	7.18b	7.03c	0.90	0.020	0.031	0.123
ID18	30.57c	35.08b	48.67a	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