Fat pads¹

Beef

extensive

n = 16

Beef

intensive

n = 16

Beef

total

n = 32

Cows

total

n = 9

P group

beef/cows

P group

ext/int

Lipid content²

17.1

8.77

12.9

28.2

<0.0001

<0.0001

Lipid comp.³

SFA

18.1

20.1

19.1

13.8

<0.0001

0.0006

MUFA

75.7

73.4

74.5

80.2

<0.0001

0.0077

PUFA

2.63

3.71

3.18

2.58

0.2021

0.0223

LA

1.31

2.03

0.35

1.42

0.0655

<0.001

AA

0.24

0.56

0.40

0.17

0.0230

0.0131

a-LA

0.44

0.26

0.36

0.40

0.2519

0.0025

n-3-FA

0.92

0.81

0.86

0.83

0.8707

0.4887

n-6-FA

1.76

2.90

2.31

1.71

0.1470

0.002