Table 4.

Effect of camelina and flax seed in the diet of layer birds on egg fatty acid composition

	Dietary Treatmentsd				P-Value
Egg lipids, %	Control	Camelina	Flax	Pooled SEM	Diet	Month	Diet x Week
Palmitic acid (16:0)	25.42	25.80	24.86	0.30	0.09	0.33	0.59
Palmitoleic acid (16:1)	5.85	5.99	5.48	0.14	0.25	0.006	0.97
Stearic acid (18:0)	7.71	7.78	7.63	0.15	0.80	0.65	0.28
Oleic acid (18:1)	47.92a	45.52b	46.45b	0.47	0.004	0.25	0.90
Linoleic acid (18:2 n-6)	9.27	9.38	10.35	0.54	0.31	0.080	0.33
α-Linolenic acid (18:3 n-3)	0.42b	1.53a	1.49a	0.11	0.001	0.001	0.02
Eicosenoic acid (20:1)	0.31b	0.47a	0.28b	0.02	0.001	0.071	0.20
Arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6)	1.69a	1.31b	1.15b	0.08	0.0003	0.022	0.07
Docosapentaenoic (22:5 n-3)	0.06c	0.27a	0.19b	0.02	0.0001	0.009	0.81
Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3)	0.66b	1.25a	1.35b	0.05	0.0001	0.46	0.08
Total saturated fatty acids	33.62	34.06	32.96	0.33	0.085	0.465	0.39
Total monounsaturated fatty acids	54.08a	51.99b	52.22b	0.45	0.004	0.156	0.81
Total omega-6 fatty acids	11.10	10.82	11.72	0.53	0.482	0.689	0.24
Total omega-3 fatty acids	1.19b	3.12a	3.09a	0.17	0.001	0.005	0.03
Total omega-6:omega-3	5.99a	2.45b	2.80b	0.29	0.001	0.001	0.001
Total lipids, %	33.04	33.30	32.86	0.41	0.75	0.001	0.03

^a,b,cMeans within a row with no common superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05). Pooled SEM = pooled standard error of mean. ^dControl, Camelina and Flax represent corn-soybean meal basal diet (Control); or basal diets containing camelina (Camelina) or flax seeds (Flax) at 10 %

Total saturated fatty acids (14:0 + 16:0 + 18:0 + 20.0); Total monounsaturated fatty acids (16:1 + 18:1 + 20:1 + 22:1); Total n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:2 n-6 + 20:4 n-6 + 20:3 n-6 + 22:4 n-6 + 22:5 n-6); Total n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:3 n-3 + 22:5 n-3 + 22:6 n-3)