Table 3 Apparent ileal digestibility of fat and fatty acids of oils differing in degree of saturation fed to growing pigs, %

Fat

73.8^b

74.9^ab

81.6^ab

81.3^ab

85.0^a

2.47

0.02

 < 0.01

0.09

C16:0

71.6^b

86.1^a

88.3^a

89.8^a

89.3^a

2.58

 < 0.01

0.03

 < 0.01

C18:0

62.2^b

78.1^a

82.4^a

86.3^a

86.9^a

2.95

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

C18:1

94.3^b

96.0^ab

96.3^ab

96.9^a

97.5^a

0.60

0.01

 < 0.01

0.03

C18:2

90.5^b

93.7^ab

93.6^ab

94.9^a

95.7^a

0.90

0.01

 < 0.01

0.02

SFA

69.9^b

83.7^a

85.5^a

87.1^a

88.4^a

2.59

 < 0.01

0.02

 < 0.01

UFA

93.1^b

95.1^ab

95.4^ab

96.2^a

96.8^a

0.69

0.01

 < 0.01

0.02