Table 4. Fatty acid composition (%) of pork from pigs fed diets containing palm kernel meal at day 0

Level of palm kernel meal (%) SEM4)

0 4 8 12
C14:0 1.83 2.17 1.87 1.82 0.155
C16:0 22.26x 22.47y 23.55xy 24.08x 0.422
C16:1 4.18 4.11 4.42 4.13 0.298
C18:0 11.48 11.47 11.25 11.51 0.369
C18:1n9c 38.26 38.14 38.02 38.58 0.517
C18:2n6c 12.66 12.41 12.27 11.69 0.492
C18:3n3 0.77 0.68 0.60 0.64 0.012
C18:3n6 0.36 0.35 0.31 0.35 0.039
C20:0 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.15 0.083
C20:1 0.83 0.86 0.74 0.66 0.057
C20:2 0.78 0.71 0.61 0.57 0.067
C20:3n6 1.12 1.14 0.96 0.98 0.087
C20:4n6 3.36 3.41 3.43 3.10 0.095
C22:0 0.82 0.80 0.81 0.78 0.230
C22:6n3 1.11 1.10 1.02 0.95 0.128
ΣSFA1) 36.58y 37.09y 37.63xy 38.35x 0.347
ΣMUFA2) 43.26 43.11 43.17 43.37 0.425
ΣPUFA3) 20.16x 19.80xy 19.20xy 18.28y 0.538