Table 4.

Fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi and semitendinosus muscles from male lambs born to Turkish indigenous sheep breeds.

	A	M	KR	KV	IW	MAM
LD
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$SFA	31.04 $\pm$ 4.57	33.88 $\pm$ 4.57	31.67 $\pm$ 3.73	33.38 $\pm$ 3.73	33.04 $\pm$ 4.57	30.95 $\pm$ 3.73
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$MUFA	34.24 $\pm$ 4.60	41.65 $\pm$ 4.60	36.18 $\pm$ 3.76	34.70 $\pm$ 3.76	37.88 $\pm$ 4.60	31.67 $\pm$ 3.76
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$PUFA 34.72 $\pm$ 8.41	24.46 $\pm$ 8.41	32.14 $\pm$ 6.87	31.91 $\pm$ 6.87	29.08 $\pm$ 8.41	37.70 $\pm$ 6.87
($\mathrm{\Sigma }$MUFA $+$ $\mathrm{\Sigma }$PUFA) $/$ $\mathrm{\Sigma }$SFA	2.22 $\pm$ 0.42	2.00 $\pm$ 0.42	2.16 $\pm$ 0.34	2.24 $\pm$ 0.34	2.05 $\pm$ 0.42	2.26 $\pm$ 0.34
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6	22.47 $\pm$ 4.09	19.57 $\pm$ 4.09	20.29 $\pm$ 3.34	14.85 $\pm$ 3.34	20.74 $\pm$ 4.09	25.84 $\pm$ 3.34
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-3	5.59 $\pm$ 5.52	2.90 $\pm$ 1.52	6.82 $\pm$ 4.51	13.83 $\pm$ 4.51	3.23 $\pm$ 5.52	6.30 $\pm$ 4.51
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6 $/$ $\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-3	4.36 $\pm$ 1.59	6.74 $\pm$ 1.59	3.31 $\pm$ 1.30	1.80 $\pm$ 1.30	6.34 $\pm$ 1.59	6.39 $\pm$ 1.30
ST
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$SFA	28.35 $\pm$ 5.82	40.93 $\pm$ 5.82	35.61 $\pm$ 5.82	31.03 $\pm$ 5.82	31.67 $\pm$ 8.23	29.44 $\pm$ 5.82
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$MUFA	29.41 $\pm$ 3.40	24.22 $\pm$ 3.40	44.81 $\pm$ 3.40	34.07 $\pm$ 3.40	39.84 $\pm$ 4.81	34.07 $\pm$ 3.40
$\mathrm{\Sigma }$PUFA	42.39 $\pm$ 4.20	34.84 $\pm$ 4.20	19.57 $\pm$ 4.20	35.88 $\pm$ 4.20	28.49 $\pm$ 5.94	36.48 $\pm$ 4.20
($\mathrm{\Sigma }$MUFA$+\mathrm{\Sigma }$PUFA) $/$ $\mathrm{\Sigma }$SFA	2.53 $\pm$ 0.39	1.71 $\pm$ 0.39	1.80 $\pm$ 0.39	2.25 $\pm$ 0.39	2.15 $\pm$ 0.55	2.40 $\pm$ 0.39
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6	20.01 $\pm$ 2.00	25.59 $\pm$ 2.00	13.79 $\pm$ 2.00	22.53 $\pm$ 2.00	20.91 $\pm$ 2.83	25.52 $\pm$ 2.00
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-3	5.16 $\pm$ 0.88	3.57 $\pm$ 0.88	1.83 $\pm$ 0.88	3.14 $\pm$ 0.88	3.51 $\pm$ 1.25	3.85 $\pm$ 0.88
$\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6 $/$ $\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-3	4.11 $\pm$ 2.10	8.49 $\pm$ 2.10	7.76 $\pm$ 2.10	7.25 $\pm$ 2.10	5.95 $\pm$ 2.97	7.06 $\pm$ 2.10

LD: longissimus dorsi muscle; ST: semitendinosus muscle. $\mathrm{\Sigma }$SFA: total saturated fatty acids; $\mathrm{\Sigma }$MUFA: total monounsaturated fatty acids; $\mathrm{\Sigma }$PUFA: total polyunsaturated fatty acids; $\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6: total omega-6 fatty acids; $\mathrm{\Sigma }n$-6: total omega-3 fatty acids. A: Akkaraman; M: Morkaraman; IW: Awassi; KR: Karayaka; KV: Kıvırcık; MAM: Middle Anatolian Merino.