Table 8. The evaluation of the meat nutrients analysis and fatty acid profile of lambs fed pelleted complete diets with levels of neutral detergent fibers (NDFs)

Parameters	Dietary groups¹⁾			SEM	p-value
Parameters	Diet 1	Diet 2	Diet 3	SEM	Groups	Quadratic
Nutrient content of meat (%)
Moisture	73.80^a	71.53^b	42.78^a	0.392	0.0008	0.0002
Dry matter	26.20^b	28.47^a	19.65^b	0.392	0.0008	0.0002
Organic matter	21.62^b	23.59^a	17.58^b	0.464	0.0099	0.002
Ash	4.57	4.88	8.52	0.157	0.405	0.239
Crude protein	20.77^b	22.73^a	17.21^c	0.293	0.0001	0.0001
Fat	19.07^a	16.29^b	16.76^ab	0.695	0.022	0.002
Meat fatty acid methyl esters profile (%)
Capric acid	0.74^a	0.20^b	0.17^b	0.051	<0.0001	0.0006
Lauric acid	0.22^b	0.43^a	0.27^b	0.018	<0.0001	<0.0001
Myristic acid	3.01	3.22	2.69	0.325	0.459	0.336
Pentadecanoic acid	0.77	0.72	0.73	0.087	0.913	0.784
Palmitic acid	22.79	21.77	22.73	0.786	0.601	0.324
Heptadecanoic acid	2.44	2.29	2.67	0.128	0.153	0.121
Stearic acid	20.01	16.95	18.18	1.143	0.205	0.151
Saturated fatty acid	49.03^a	45.58^b	47.28^a	0.775	0.027	0.018
Myristioleic acid	0.13^b	0.28^a	0.29^a	0.067	0.014	0.185
Tetradecenoic acid	0.21^b	0.30^a	0.20^b	0.021	0.001	0.0005
Palmitoleic acid	2.09	2.24	2.12	0.226	0.881	0.630
Oleic acid	35.19	38.44	38.15	1.101	0.110	0.214
Vaccinic acid	2.88	1.88	2.67	0.663	0.548	0.292
cis-6-Octadecenoic acid	1.36	0.88	1.16	0.179	0.205	0.106
Monounsaturated fatty acid	41.74	43.88	44.49	0.912	0.122	0.507
Hexadecenoic acid	0.74	0.64	0.82	0.059	0.141	0.077
Conjugated linoleic acid	0.45^ab	0.37^b	0.49^a	0.026	0.038	0.057
Linoleic acid	4.31^b	6.58^a	4.23^b	0.228	<0.0001	0.959
Linolenic acid	0.51^b	0.68^a	0.50^b	0.023	0.0002	0.0006
Stearidonic acid	0.43^b	0.66^a	0.43^b	0.037	0.001	0.001
Arachidonic acid	0.40^b	0.58^a	0.39^b	0.055	0.041	0.336
Polyunsaturated fatty acids	7.12^b	9.61^a	6.95^b	0.203	<0.0001	0.784
Omega–6	4.63^b	7.04^a	4.62^b	0.225	<0.0001	0.324
Omega–3	0.93^b	1.33^a	0.93^b	0.041	<0.0001	0.121
Omega–3/ Omega–6	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.011	0.689	0.137
Polyunsaturated/saturated fatty acids	0.15^b	0.21^a	0.15^b	0.005	<0.0001	0.185

Dietary groups consisted of pelleted complete diets with varying NDF content: Diet 1 (20.98% NDF), Diet 2 (28.23% NDF), and Diet 3 (34.82% NDF).
Superscripts represent significant differences (p<0.05) between dietary groups for each parameter within a row.