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

Table 2 Plasma FA composition (μg/mL) of rats fed different diets and challenged with different stimulus

Item¹	SS	SL	FS	FL	Pooled SEM
C14:0	32.62^ab	45.60^a	21.11^b	20.19^b	13.95
C16:0	948.69^a	1103.10^a	373.53^b	581.32^b	231.72
C18:0	688.14^a	791.68^a	239.47^b	401.64^b	138.39
C20:0	13.32^ab	17.10^a	4.17^c	8.11^bc	4.04
SFA	1682.78^a	1957.48^a	634.11^b	1003.14^b	382.43
C16:1	57.58^ab	80.16^a	20.74^c	43.88^bc	23.12
C18:1n7	42.41^ab	51.73^a	22.75^b	21.87^b	19.09
C18:1n9	156.96^b	218.23^a	162.35^b	195.47^ab	36.77
C20:1	40.99^ab	55.48^a	5.41^c	21.85^bc	18.35
MUFA	297.94^ab	405.60^a	211.26^b	283.07^ab	86.41
C18:3n3	11.65^b	21.24^a	6.43^b	8.32^b	4.67
C20:5n3	8.00^b	11.32^b	95.75^a	142.18^a	41.03
C22:6n3	76.60^c	96.50^bc	146.34^ab	161.66^a	32.93
n-3PUFA	96.25^b	129.05^b	248.51^a	312.16^a	59.83
C18:2n6	262.59^b	379.98^a	169.54^c	202.36^bc	53.52
C20:4n6	400.24^a	485.86^a	197.67^b	206.75^b	79.46
n-6PUFA	662.83^b	865.84^a	367.21^c	409.11^c	117.17
TFA	2739.80^ab	3357.97^a	1465.26^c	2015.59^bc	519.16

^abcValues in the same row assigned no common superscript letter differ significantly (P < 0.05).
¹SS, rats fed the SO diet and infused by saline; SL, rats fed the SO diet and infused by LPS; FS, rats fed the FO diet and infused by saline; FL, rats fed the FO diet and infused by LPS.

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