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

Table 6.

Effect of dietary fatty acids on the fatty acid composition of eggs 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
SFA	22.87^a	20.44^b	20.36^b	22.75^a	0.32	^***
MUFA	41.67	41.79	42.76	41.97	0.46	NS
PUFA	35.39^b	37.68^a	36.88^a	35.28^b	0.38	^***
C18:3 (n-3)	2.35^a	1.91^b	1.80^b	1.86^b	0.07	^**
C20:5 (n-3)	1.03^b	1.81^a	1.72^a	1.09^b	0.13	^***
C22:5 (n-3)	0.11^b	0.16^a	0.14^b	0.05^c	0.01	^***
C22:6 (n-3)	2.89^c	4.23^a	3.61^bc	3.11^c	0.18	^***
∑n-3	6.38^a	8.11^b	7.27^c	6.11 ^a	0.16	^***
C18:2 (n-6)	27.72	28.11	28.03	28.16	0.49	NS
C20:4 (n-6)	1.21^c	1.43^b	1.55^a	1.01^d	0.02	^***
C22:3 (n-6)	0.03^a	0.03^a	0.03^a	0.02^b	0.005	^**
∑n-6	28.96	29.57	29.61	29.19	0.25	NS

PUFA/SFA	1.55^b	1.84^a	1.81^a	1.55^b	0.19	^**
∑n-6/∑n-3	4.53^ab	3.64^b	4.07^b	4.79^a	0.12	^**

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=6) in a row not sharing the same superscripts are significantly different (P<0.05)