Table 6.
Treatments | ||||
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Fatty acids | T1† | T2 | T3 | T4 |
14:0 | 0.66 ± 0.04c | 0.79 ± 0.03bc | 0.90 ± 0.05ab | 1.07 ± 0.06a |
15:0 | 0.45 ± 0.08 | 0.42 ± 0.04 | 0.53 ± 0.09 | 0.56 ± 0.06 |
16:0 | 23.50 ± 0.51 | 21.82 ± 0.46 | 22.03 ± 0.35 | 21.64 ± 1.48 |
16:1 | 2.81 ± 0.45a | 1.29 ± 0.14c | 1.63 ± 0.26bc | 2.51 ± 0.28ab |
17:0 | 0.37 ± 0.03 | 0.60 ± 0.10 | 0.66 ± 0.07 | 0.71 ± 0.10 |
18:0 | 10.01 ± 0.51 | 11.81 ± 0.36 | 11.71 ± 0.68 | 11.92 ± 0.89 |
18:1 n-9 | 35.11 ± 1.00a | 21.26 ± 0.78b | 20.96 ± 1.39b | 19.53 ± 1.57b |
18:2 n-6 | 16.47 ± 0.41b | 20.57 ± 0.90a | 16.24 ± 1.06b | 14.77 ± 1.49b |
18:3 n-3 | 0.45 ± 0.03 | 0.42 ± 0.03 | 0.42 ± 0.08 | 0.59 ± 0.08 |
20:4 n-6 | 5.67 ± 0.70ab | 6.17 ± 0.41a | 5.11 ± 0.77ab | 3.95 ± 0.61b |
20:5 n-3 | - | 1.20 ± 0.16b | 2.24 ± 0.37a | 2.83 ± 0.14a |
22:6 n-3 | - | 8.26 ± 0.74b | 13.13 ± 0.82a | 14.84 ± 1.18a |
SFA | 35.99 ± 0.52 | 37.04 ± 0.90 | 37.27 ± 1.01 | 37.32 ± 1.10 |
UFA | 64.01 ± 0.52 | 62.96 ± 0.90 | 62.73 ± 1.01 | 62.68 ± 1.10 |
MUFA | 39.80 ± 1.23a | 24.91 ± 0.73b | 24.66 ± 1.51b | 24.04 ± 1.39b |
PUFA n-3 | 0.45 ± 0.03c | 9.88 ± 0.82b | 15.79 ± 0.96a | 18.26 ± 1.19a |
PUFA n-6 | 23.76 ± 0.96b | 28.17 ± 0.81a | 22.28 ± 0.86b | 20.38 ± 1.67b |
UFA: SFA | 1.78 ± 0.04 | 1.71 ± 0.07 | 1.69 ± 0.08 | 1.69 ± 0.08 |
PUFA: SFA | 0.67 ± 0.02b | 1.03 ± 0.05a | 1.02 ± 0.03a | 1.05 ± 0.09a |
n-6: n-3 | 54.29 ± 4.79a | 2.96 ± 0.29b | 1.45 ± 0.15c | 1.14 ± 0.12c |
† Dietary n-3 PUFA level of 0.5 (T1), 8.0 (T2), 11.5 (T3), 16.5% (T4). n = 8 birds/treatment.
a-d Means with different superscripts within a row differ significantly (P < 0.05).