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Table 4

Effect of diets on the n-3 fatty acid content in the cooked roast, in mg of FA for 100 g of meat.

Diets Coconut oil Sunflower oil Rapeseed oil Extruded linseed RSD Diet effect

Lipid content % 2.6 3.3 2.8 2.9 0.9 NS

Σ FA n-3 24.4a 23.2a 27.2a 63.0b 5.4 P< 0.001

C18:3 n-3 ALA 6.4a 7.5a 8.7a 31.7b 5.2 P< 0.001

C20:5 n-3 EPA 2.1a 1.5a 2.5a 8.7b 0.8 P< 0.001

C22:5 n-3 DPA 7.6a 7.9a 9.1a 15.1b 2.0 P< 0.001

C22:6 n-3 DHA 2.4ab 2.1ab 1.9a 2.9b 0.5 P< 0.02

n6/n3 10.4a 11.8a 8.8ac 4.0b 1.4 P< 0.001

n = 6 pigs per batch, only castrated male pigs. The on-line values allocated the same letter are not significantly different at the 5% threshold.

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