Table 3: Milk yield at d 7/8 and 15/16 and fatty acid (FA) composition at d 10 after delivery in rats fed either olive oil diet (OOD) or fish oil diet (FOD) during pregnancy and lactation.

OOD FOD p
Milk intake (mL/pup/d)
d 7/8 of lactation 0.36 ± 0.02 0.32 ± 0.01 NS
d 15/16 of lactation 0.51 ± 0.03 0.39 ± 0.01 < 0.01
Fatty acids (g/100 g FA)
Total saturated 32.6 ± 1.3 41.9 ± 1.0 < 0.001
18:1 (n-9) OA 56.1 ± 1.1 22.4 ± 0.6 < 0.001
Total MUFA 59.4 ± 1.2 38.0 ± 0.8 < 0.001
18:2 (n-6) LA 4.82 ± 0.25 3.82 ± 0.28 < 0.05
20:4 (n-6) AA 0.94 ± 0.08 0.55 ± 0.03 < 0.001
Total n-6 FA 6.7 ± 0.3 4.8 ± 0.3 < 0.001
20:5 (n-3) EPA 0.78 ± 0.37 4.48 ± 0.16 < 0.0001
22:6 (n-3) DHA 0.17 ± 0.01 7.43 ± 0.26 < 0.0001
Total n-3 FA 1.4 ± 0.3 15.3 ± 0.5 < 0.0001

Values are mean ± SE of 5-6 rats/group.
OOD: Olive oil diet; FOD: Fish oil diet; FA: Fatty acids; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acids.