When compared with the Basal diet, the ALA concentration in the LL
muscle was not changed by the Algae diet, but Flax and FlaxAlgae diets
increased (P b 0.001) ALA concentration by 75 and 20% respectively
(Table 2). There was a 216% increase (P b 0.001) in EPA + DHA muscle
concentrations in lambs fed the algae diet compared with lambs fed no
algae in the diet. Lambs fed with Algae and FlaxAlgae had 256 and 178%
higher (P b 0.001) EPA + DHA levels in the muscle LL compared with
lambs fed with Flax or the Basal diet (Table 2). The increases in total
n−3 FA concentration with Flax, FlaxAlgae and Algae compared with
theBasal dietwere30,60and 75%,respectively (P b 0.001). Theincrease
in total n−3 concentration in meat with the Algae and FlaxAlgae diets
was primarily due to an increase (P b 0.001) in DHA (C22:6n−3), but
not due to ALA (C18:3n−3) or other long chain n−3 FA such as EPA
(C20:5n−3) or DPA (C22:5n−3). Algae supplementation increased
(P b 0.001) the PUFA/SFA ratio in LL compared with lambs fed diets
without algae. Flax, Algae and FlaxAlgae (P b 0.001) diets reduced the
ratio of n−6/n−3 in LL compared to the Basal diet (Table 2).