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

Table 5.

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

Fatty acid	Content (g/100 g total fatty acids)				SE	P
Fatty acid	Con.	PO	SO	PBO	SE	P
EE	2.14^d	2.32^b	2.21^c	2.37^a	0.06	^***
SFA	48.72	47.44	48.14	50.61	0.31	NS
MUFA	28.45	28.17	28.49	28.18	0.16	NS
PUFA	22.78^b	23.39^b	23.37^a	21.12^c	0.29	^***
C18:3 (n-3)	0.74^a	0.61^b	0.62^b	0.63^b	0.03	^**
C20:5 (n-3)	2.92^b	3.06^a	2.99^ab	2.31^c	0.03	^***
C22:5 (n-3)	0.91^b	1.03^a	0.94^b	0.66^c	0.02	^***
C22:6 (n-3)	0.79^c	1.01^a	0.88^b	0.65^d	0.02	^***
∑n-3	5.36^b	5.71^a	5.43^b	4.25^c	0.16	^***
C18:2 (n-6)	15.58^b	16.52^a	16.50^a	15.64^b	0.21	^*
C20:2 (n-6)	0.31^a	0.21^b	0.18^b	0.19^b	0.01	^***
C20:4 (n-6)	0.73^b	0.64^c	0.81^a	0.52^d	0.02	^***
C22:3 (n-6)	0.20^a	0.13^b	0.22^a	0.12^b	0.01	^**
t10c12CLA	0.16^bc	0.18^b	0.23^a	0.12^c	0.09	^***
∑n-6	16.98^b	17.68^a	17.94^a	16.59^b	0.22	^**

PUFA/SFA	0.47^a	0.49^a	0.48^a	0.42^b	0.02	^**
∑n-6/∑n-3	3.17^c	3.10^c	3.30^b	3.90^a	0.12	^***

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)