Table 4 Standardized ileal digestibility of fat and fatty acids of oils differing in degree of saturation fed to growing pigs, %

Fat

87.9^b

90.6^ab

95.5^ab

95.4^ab

98.6^a

2.46

0.04

0.07

0.09

C16:0

74.5^b

91.0^a

94.8^a

95.5^a

98.7^a

2.56

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

C18:0

69.2^b

87.8^a

93.7^a

93.7^a

97.4^a

2.95

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

C18:1

95.3^b

96.9^ab

97.1^ab

97.7^ab

98.3^a

0.59

0.02

 < 0.01

0.04

C18:2

96.8

98.5

98.1

99.2

99.7

0.90

0.24

0.06

0.25

SFA

74.0^b

90.3^a

94.1^a

95.7^a

97.8^a

2.38

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

 < 0.01

UFA

95.8

97.2

98.4

98.0

99.6

1.07

0.24

0.04

0.41