. 2011 Sep;12(9):736–743. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B1000329

Table 4.

Effect of dietary fatty acids on the fatty acid composition of leg muscles from 27 weeks old female ducks

Fatty acid	Content (g/100 g total fatty acids)				SE	P
Fatty acid	Con.	FO	SO	PBO	SE	P
EE	2.34^c	2.41^b	2.39^b	2.43^a	0.04	^**
SFA	52.60	51.30	50.66	54.21	0.47	NS
MUFA	24.23^b	25.45^a	25.89^a	25.10^a	0.32	^*
PUFA	22.57^b	23.25^a	23.45^a	20.69^c	0.33	^***
C18:3 (n-3)	0.71	0.60	0.63	0.65	0.05	NS
C20:5 (n-3)	2.89^c	3.17^a	3.02^b	2.41^d	0.03	^***
C22:5 (n-3)	0.87^b	1.05^a	0.95^ab	0.65^c	0.05	^*
C22:6 (n-3)	0.87^b	1.01^a	0.91^bc	0.56^d	0.03	^**
∑n-3	5.34^b	5.83^a	5.51^ab	4.27^c	0.12	^**
C18:2 (n-6)	15.96^ab	16.26^a	16.50^a	15.54^b	0.22	^*
C20:2 (n-6)	0.22	0.18	0.19	0.21	0.01	NS
C20:4 (n-6)	0.71^b	0.64^c	0.84^a	0.42^d	0.01	^**
C22:3 (n-6)	0.19^a	0.12^b	0.23^a	0.13^b	0.02	^*
t10c12CLA	0.15^ab	0.22^a	0.18^a	0.12^b	0.01	^*
∑n-6	17.23^b	17.42^ab	17.94^a	16.42^c	0.18	^**

PUFA/SFA	0.43^ab	0.45^a	0.46^a	0.39^b	0.02	^**
∑n-6/∑n-3	3.24^c	2.99^b	3.25^c	3.84^a	0.08	^**

EE: ether extract; SFA: saturated fatty acid; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; ∑n-3: sum of (n-3) fatty acids; ∑n-6: sum of (n-6) fatty acids; FO: fish oil diet; SO: sunflower oil diet; PBO: palm oil and beef tallow diet; SE: standard error

P<0.05

^**

P<0.01

^***

P<0.001

NS: no significant difference (P>0.05). Values (mean, n=9) in a row not sharing the same superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05)