Table 6. Effects of probiotics feed on the fatty acid profiles of Sunit sheep

Items	Treatment¹⁾		SEM	p-value
Items	CON	PRO	SEM	p-value
C10:0	0.11^a	0.08^b	0.02	0.048
C12:0	0.11	0.10	0.01	0.253
C14:0	2.13^a	1.67^b	0.17	0.020
C16:0	22.79	22.62	0.22	0.872
C18:0	15.36	15.26	0.39	0.798
C20:0	0.14	0.16	0.02	0.256
SFA²⁾	40.64	39.89	0.24	0.112
C14:1	0.47^b	1.01^a	0.09	<0.001
C16:1	2.56^a	1.89^b	0.16	0.010
C18:1n9 cis	44.22^b	45.61^a	0.54	0.026
C24:1n3	0.12^b	0.16^a	0.02	0.007
MUFA³⁾	47.36^b	48.67^a	0.27	0.035
C18:2n6	7.32	8.74	0.69	0.097
C18:3n6	0.24^b	0.46^a	0.05	0.002
C18:3n3	0.45^b	0.57^a	0.05	0.036
C20:3n6	0.13^b	0.38^a	0.06	0.041
C20:4n6	0.21^b	0.40^a	0.02	<0.001
C20:5n3	0.38^b	0.48^a	0.04	0.017
PUFA⁴⁾	8.37	11.03	0.47	0.091
n-3 PUFA⁵⁾	0.95^b	1.21^a	0.03	0.012
n-6 PUFA⁶⁾	7.90^b	9.98^a	0.32	0.025

CON, basic diet; POR, basic diet +1% probiotic.
C10:0+C12:0+C14:0+C16:0+C18:0+C20:0.
C14:1+C16:1+C18:1n9 cis+C24:1n3.
C18:2n6+C18:3n6+C18:3n3+C20:3n6+C20:4n6+C20:5n3.
C24:1n3+C18:3n3+C20:5n3.
C18:2n6+C18:3n6+C20:3n6+C20:4n6.
Within a row, values with different superscripts differ significantly at p<0.05 or p<0.01. Data are expressed as means±SEM.
SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.