Mammary inflammation around parturition appeared to be attenuated by consumption of fish oil rich in n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

Table 1 Plasma FA composition (μg/mL) of rats fed different diets at different reproductive stages ¹

Item	Group	Day 0 of gestation	Day 14 of gestation	Day 3 postpartum	Pooled SEM
C14:0	SO	30.69^a	28.54^ab	32.62^a	13.69
C14:0	FO	14.35^b	18.22^ab	21.11^ab
C16:0	SO	822.89^a	738.64^ab	948.69^a	249.21
C16:0	FO	432.50^c	455.61^bc	373.53^c
C18:0	SO	588.93^a	526.74^a	688.14^a	152.56
C18:0	FO	342.09^b	311.58^b	239.47^b
C20:0	SO	21.42^a	10.30^b	13.32^ab	8.91
C20:0	FO	6.33^b	6.71^b	4.17^b
SFA	SO	1463.92^a	1304.23^a	1682.78^a	412.54
SFA	FO	795.28^b	792.12^b	638.28^b
C16:1	SO	59.10^a	47.62^ab	57.58^a	23.81
C16:1	FO	42.06^ab	42.55^ab	20.74^b
C18:1n7	SO	27.86^ab	23.04^b	42.41^a	14.47
C18:1n7	FO	23.01^b	20.98^b	22.75^b
C18:1n9	SO	191.83	177.43	156.96	40.63
C18:1n9	FO	198.23	203.30	162.35
C20:1	SO	30.67^ab	26.84^abc	40.99^a	15.54
C20:1	FO	10.95^cd	12.91^bcd	5.41^d
MUFA	SO	309.46	274.93	297.94	86.48
MUFA	FO	274.25	279.74	211.26
C18:3n3	SO	8.99^abc	10.82^ab	11.65^a	1.84
C18:3n3	FO	7.07^bc	8.42^abc	6.43^c
C20:5n3	SO	7.59^b	5.32^b	8.00^b	22.64
C20:5n3	FO	26.62^b	87.73^a	95.75^a
C22:6n3	SO	40.45^b	37.53^b	76.60^b	36.39
C22:6n3	FO	73.89^b	63.54^b	146.34^a
n-3 PUFA	SO	64.84^c	54.74^c	96.25^c	50.47
n-3 PUFA	FO	107.58^bc	159.69^b	248.51^a
C18:2n6	SO	253.41^a	230.13^a	262.59^a	45.26
C18:2n6	FO	235.76^a	163.29^b	169.54^b
C20:4n6	SO	257.71^b	233.28^b	400.24^a	87.69
C20:4n6	FO	246.19^b	116.03^c	197.67^bc
n-6 PUFA	SO	511.12^b	463.41^bc	662.83^a	119.17
n-6 PUFA	FO	481.95^bc	279.31^d	367.21^cd
TFA	SO	2349.34^ab	2097.31^abc	2739.80^a	557.06
TFA	FO	1704.65^bc	1510.87^c	1465.26^c

¹ Values of a certain fatty acid assigned no common superscript letter differ significantly (P < 0.05).

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