Table 3.6 Principal fatty acids (wt YO of total) in milk triacylglycerols or total lipids from various speciesSpecies 4:O 6:O 8:O 1O:O 12:O 14:O 16:O 16.1 18:O 18.1 18:2 18:3 C,,-C2,
cow
Buffalo
Sheep
Goat
Dall-sheep
Moose
Blackbuck antelope
Elephant
Human
Monkey (mean of six
species
Baboon
Lemur macaco
Horse
Pig
Rat
Guinea-pig
Marmoset
Rabbit
Cottontail rabbit
European hare
Mink
Chinchilla
Red kangaroo
Platypus
Numbat
Bottle-nosed dolphin
Manatee
Pygmy sperm whale
Harp seal
Northern elephant seal
Polar bear
Grizzly bear
Musk-ox1.6
1.6
2.8
2.9
0.9
0.3
T
6.0
T
0.6
0.4
T
- T T T
- T T
1.3
1.1
2.7
2.7
1.9
0.2
8.4
2.7
0.3
T
5.9
5.1
0.2
1.8
1.1
22.4
9.6
10.9
- ~ - -
0.63 .O
1.9
9.0
8.4
4.7
4.9
5.5
6.5
29.4
1.3
11.0
7.9
1.9
5.1
0.7
7.0
8.0
20.1
14.3
17.73.5
T
3.1
2.0
5.4
3.3
2.3
1.8
0.6
3.5
18.3
3.1
4.4
2.3
10.5
6.2
0.5
7.5
8.5
2.9
3.8
5.5
0.5
T
0.1
0.1
0.3
4.0
0.5
0.1
9.5
8.7
11.8
10.3
6.2
10.6
2.0
11.5
5.3
5.1
2.8
1.3
15.0
5.7
4.0
8.2
2.6
7.7
1.7
2.0
5.3
3.3
3.0
2.7
1.6
0.9
3.2
6.3
3.6
5.3
2.6
3.9
2.126.3 2.3
30.4 3.4
25.4 3.4
24.6 2.2
19.5 1.7
23.0 2.4
28.4 4.3
39.3 5.7
12.6 3 .O
20.2 5.7
21.4 6.7
16.5 1.2
27.1 9.6
23.8 7.8
32.9 11.3
22.6 1.9
31.3 2.4
18.1 5.5
14.2 2.0
18.7 1 .o
24.8 5.0
26.1 5.2
30.0 -
31.2 6.8
19.8 13.9
14.1 3.4
21.1 13.3
20.2 11.6
27.6 9.1
13.6 17.4
14.2 5.7
18.5 16.8
16.4 3.214.6
10.1
9.0
12.5
23.0
15.5
4.5
5.5
0.5
5.9
4.9
4.2
1 .o
2.3
3.5
6.5
2.9
3.4
3.8
3.0
2.9
10.9
6.3
3.9
7.0
3.3
0.5
7.4
4.9
3.6
13.9
20.429.8
28.7
20.0
28.5
27.2
23.1
21.2
19.2
17.3
46.4
26.0
22.7
25.7
20.9
35.2
26.7
33.6
29.6
13.6
12.7
14.4
36.1
35.2
37.2
22.7
57.7
23.1
47.0
46.6
21.5
41.6
30.1
30.22.4
2.5
2.1
2.2
2.1
4.0
20.2
3.3
3.0
13.0
14.5
37.6
6.6
14.9
11.9
16.3
18.4
10.9
14.0
24.7
10.6
14.9
26.8
10.4
5.4
7.9
1.2
1.8
0.6
1.2
1.9
1.2
5.60.8
2.5
1.4
3.0
4.1
3.7
0.7
1.4
1.3
0.6
0.5
12.6
0.7
0.8
5.7
0.9
4.4
9.8
1.7
1.5
2.9
2.1
7.6
0.1
0.2
2.2
0.6
0.9
0.4
2.3T
T
0.4
2.6
- T - - - - -
1.1
T
7.0
T
0.4
T
0.1
12.2
0.2
17.3
0.4
4.5
31.2
29.3
11.3
9.5
From Christie (1995).