Changes in Fatty Acid Composition and Distribution of N-3 Fatty Acids in Goat Tissues Fed Different Levels of Whole Linseed

Table 1

Formulation and proximate analyses of the experimental diets.

Ingredient, % dry matter	Experimental diets^1
	L0	L10	L20
Whole linseed	—	10	20
Palm kernel cake	40	30	20
Soybean meal	11	9	6
Corn	20	20	20
Rice straw	20	20	20
Molasses	4	9	5
Palm kernel oil	3	—	—
Caco3	1	1	1
Salt	0.5	0.5	0.5
Mineral and vitamin mix	0.5	0.5	0.5
Chemical composition (% of DM)
Dry matter	89.79 ± 0.06	89.22 ± 0.03	90.17 ± 0.03
Crude protein	14.25 ± 0.78	14.45 ± 0.35	14.69 ± 0.26
Ether extract	4.86 ± 0.35	5.09 ± 0.10	7.38 ± 0.70
NDF	48.58 ± 1.02	46.63 ± 1.44	48.30 ± 0.72
ADF	30.10 ± 0.34	27.34 ± 0.56	27.09 ± 0.20
Ash	10.19 ± 0.12	9.32 ± 0.16	9.14 ± 0.06
Metabolizable energy (MJ/kg)^2	11.30	11	11

L0 diet: control diet, containing 0% whole linseed, L10: diet containing 10% whole linseed, and L20: diet containing 20% whole linseed.
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