Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity

Research Article

Effect of Dietary Source on Rabbit Male Reproduction

Sperm FA profile of the rabbit bucks fed the control or -enriched diets.


	% of total evaluated FA	Control	FLAX	FISH	Pooled SE

Saturated fatty acid (SFA)	Miristic (C14 : 0)	2.70^a	4.00^b	4.20^b	1.35
	Palmitic (C16 : 0)	23.10	25.80	24.65	2.03
	Stearic (C18 : 0)	22.90^b	23.90^b	17.75^a	1.90
	SFA	48.70^a	53.70^b	46.60^a	2.89

Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA)	Palmitoleic (C16 : 1)	0.85	1.05	0.90	0.11
	Oleic (C18 : 1)	15.75^a	17.50^ab	20.50^b	0.97
	MUFA	16.60^a	19.55^ab	21.40^b	0.99

polyunsaturated acids (PUFA)	Linoleic (LA) (C18 : 2)	7.15^b	3.89^a	4.65^a	2.10
	Eicosatrienoic (C20 : 3)	0.65^a	1.72^b	0.55^a	0.08
	Arachidonic (ARA) (C20 : 4)	1.55^b	0.65^a	0.70^a	0.04
	Adrenic (C22 : 4)	0.30	0.21	0.31	0.03
	All-cis-4,7,10,13,16-docosapentaenoic (DPA) (C22 : 5)	24.20^b	15.88a	12.80^a	3.48
	PUFA	33.85^b	22.35^ab	19.01^a	3.85

polyunsaturated acids (PUFA)	α-Linolenic (ALA) (C18 : 3)	0.20^a	1.29^c	0.45^b	0.10
	Eicosapentaenoic (EPA) (C20 : 5)	0.15^a	0.45^a	4.25^b	0.10
	All-cis-7,10,13,16,19-socosapentaenoic (DPA) (C22 : 5)	0.10^a	0.31^a	1.65^b	0.09
	Docosahexaenoic (DHA) (C22 : 6)	0.25^a	2.25^b	6.65^c	1.35
	PUFA	0.70^a	4.20^b	13.00^c	0.20
	/	48.36^b	5.32^a	1.46^a	3.88

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