Interactive effects of live weight, basal diet and fat supply on essential fatty acid status and blood concentrations of glucose, insulin and thyroxine measured postprandially in pigs.

1.1. The composition of the basal diet (purified vs complete feed ingredients provided as a cassava and a barley based diet, respectively), type of dietary fat [saturated fatty acids (18:0) supplied as fully hydrogenated soya bean oil vs unsaturated fatty acids (18:2) supplied in the form of soya bean oil] and the live wt of the animals (40 vs 80 kg) highly influenced the EFA status of the body and postprandial blood concentrations of glucose, insulin and thyroxine.2.2. Interactive effects of live wt, type of basal diet and fat supply on EFA status and postprandial blood levels are discussed.