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Table 4 Carcass components, cellularity of fat pads and concentrations of blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides in the rats

From: Effect of conjugated linoleic acids from beef or industrial hydrogenation on growth and adipose tissue characteristics of rats

 

Treatment diets

 

CON

SCLA

CONM

CLAM

Carcass weight (g)

395.33 ± 11

374.73 ± 10

392.90 ± 10

402.86 ± 13

Heart (g)

1.50 ± 0.03

1.51 ± 0.04

1.44 ± 0.04

1.53 ± 0.04

Heart/BW (%)

0.31 ± 0.01AB

0.32 ± 0.01B

0.29 ± 0.01A

0.30 ± 0.01AB

Liver (g)

13.74 ± 0.31

13.42 ± 0.29

13.18 ± 0.53

14.06 ± 0.53

Liver/BW (%)

2.85 ± 0.08B

2.86 ± 0.06B

2.64 ± 0.09A

2.77 ± 0.07AB

Kidney (g)

3.13 ± 0.08

3.22 ± 0.08

3.11 ± 0.06

3.17 ± 0.06

Kidney/BW (%)

0.65 ± 0.02AB

0.69 ± 0.02B

0.62 ± 0.01A

0.63 ± 0.02A

Soleus (g)

0.33 ± 0.10

0.20 ± 0.01

0.22 ± 0.01

0.21 ± 0.01

Soleus/BW (%)

0.06 ± 0.016

0.04 ± 0.002

0.04 ± 0.001

0.04 ± 0.002

Gastrocnemius (g)

2.73 ± 0.12

2.57 ± 0.09

2.72 ± 0.06

2.84 ± 0.06

Gastrocemius/BW (%)

0.57 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.02

0.55 ± 0.02

0.56 ± 0.02

Retroperitoneal fat (RP)

    

Weight (g)

12.85 ± 1.26B

8.68 ± 1.07A

16.86 ± 1.58C

16.98 ± 1.91C

RP/BW (%)

2.61 ± 0.22B

1.80 ± 0.19A

3.32 ± 0.26C

3.22 ± 0.25C

n × 107 cells/g

26.90 ± 7.16

9.38 ± 2.10

22.28 ± 5.95

23.39 ± 4.44

Inguinal fat (IG)

    

Weight (g)

10.12 ± 0.98AB

7.62 ± 0.48A

11.69 ± 0.86B C

12.80 ± 1.54C

IG/BW (%)

2.06 ± 0.18B

1.60 ± 0.07A

2.31 ± 0.13C

2.42 ± 0.21C

n × 107 cells/g

20.15 ± 4.18AB

26.01 ± 5.94B

28.88 ± 5.56B

7.26 ± 1.28A

Blood components

    

Glucose (g/L)

1.27 ± 0.04 bB

1.17 ± 0.05A

1.39 ± 0.05B

1.37 ± 0.06B

Cholesterol (g/L)

0.60 ± 0.03

0.59 ± 0.05

0.59 ± 0.04

0.63 ± 0.07

Triglycerides (g/L)

0.73 ± 0.08

0.79 ± 0.06

0.77 ± 0.06

1.04 ± 0.13

  1. A-C: Means (± standard error) in a row denoted by a different letter differ (p < 0.05); n = 14
  2. BW – body weight
  3. CON – Control diet, SCLA – diet with 1.69% synthetic CLA replacing an equivalent amount of soybean oil, CONM – Diet containing control beef (see table 1), CLAM – diet containing high CLA beef (see table 1).