Table 4. Compositions of fatty acids of milk from cows fed with TMR based feed and grazing on mountain pasture (mg/100 g FA)
Milk | TMR milk | Pasture milk |
Milking date | Jun 23 | Sep 11 | Jun 23 | Sep 11 |
ω-6 | Linoleic acid | 53.54 | ±5.11 | 41.39 | ±15.56 | 32.21 | ±5.71 | 26.52 | ±10.47 |
γ-Linolenic acid | 1.11 | ±0.33 | 0.74 | ±0.45 | 1.16 | ±0.88 | 1.73 | ±0.27 |
Arachidonic acid | 0.26 | ±0.44 | 0.17 | ±0.30 | 1.05 | ±0.00 | 0.22 | ±0.04 |
DPA | - | | - | | - | | - | |
Total ω-6 | 54.90 | ±5.88 | 42.31 | ±16.31 | 34.42 | ±6.58 | 28.47 | ±10.78 |
ω-3 | α-Linolenic acid | 8.80 | ±1.09 | 6.85 | ±2.52 | 9.06 | ±1.62 | 8.88 | ±3.20 |
EPA | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0.74 | ±0.00 | 0.00 | ±0.00 |
DHA | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0.00 | ±0.00 | 0.00 | ±0.00 |
Total ω-3 | 8.80 | ±1.09 | 6.85 | ±2.52 | 9.79 | ±1.62 | 8.88 | ±3.20 |
Ratio of ω-6 to ω-3 | 6.24 | 6.18 | 3.51 | 3.21 |
All values are presented as mean±SD.
DPA, cocosaentaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid.