Dietary substitution of soybean oil with coconut oil in the absence of dietary antibiotics supports growth performance and immune function in nursery and grower pigs

Table 2 Percentage of fatty acid acids in subcutaneous adipose tissue by diet treatment¹

Common name	Formula	ABX	COC	NABX	P-value
Lauric	12:0	0.05 ± 0.03^a	1.37 ± 0.03^b	0.03 ± 0.03^a	< 0.001
Myristic	14:0	1.46 ± 0.09^a	4.66 ± 0.09^b	1.29 ± 0.03^a	< 0.001
Myristoleic	14:1	0.02 ± 0.01^a	0.10 ± 0.01^b	0.005 ± 0.01^a	< 0.001
Palmitic	16:0	22.51 ± 0.24^a	25.92 ± 0.24^b	22.53 ± 0.24^a	< 0.001
Palmitoleic	16:1	2.54 ± 0.12^a	3.68 ± 0.12^b	2.43 ± 0.12^a	< 0.001
Stearic	18:0	11.21 ± 0.30^a	11.66 ± 0.30^a	11.06 ± 0.30^a	0.71
Oleic	18:1n-9	31.57 ± 0.47^a	32.65 ± 0.47^a*	31.45 ± 0.45^a*	0.07
cis-Vaccenic	18:1n-7	2.40 ± 0.08^a	2.86 ± 0.08^b	2.25 ± 0.08^a	< 0.001
Linoleic	18:2n-6	23.60 ± 0.43^a	14.59 ± 0.42^b	24.54 ± 0.41^a	< 0.001
α-Linolenic	18:3n-3	2.26 ± 0.06^a	0.96 ± 0.06^b	2.20 ± 0.06^a	< 0.001
Arachidic	20:0	0.23 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.01^a	0.20 ± 0.01^a	0.54
Paulinic	20:1n-11	0.51 ± 0.03^a	0.42 ± 0.03^a	0.48 ± 0.03^a	0.48
Eicosadienoic	20:2n-6	0.82 ± 0.03^a	0.37 ± 0.03^b	0.76 ± 0.03^a	< 0.001
Arachidonic	20:4n-6	0.45 ± 0.01^a	0.38 ± 0.01^b	0.44 ± 0.01^a	0.01
Mead	20:3n-6	0.24 ± 0.01^a	0.11 ± 0.01^b	0.23 ± 0.01^a	< 0.001
Docosahexaenoic	22:6n-3	0.11 ± 0.01^a	0.08 ± 0.01^b	0.10 ± 0.01^a	0.01

¹ABX: 2% soybean oil with antibiotics; COC: 2% coconut oil without antibiotics; NABX: 2% soybean oil without antibiotics
^ab Within rows, values with common superscripts are not different (P > 0.05)
* Within rows, values with asterisks tend to be different (P ≤ 0.10)

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