Table 6.
Effect of the treatment and sex on total lipid (g/100 g) and fatty acid profiles (% of total fatty acids) of breast muscle from Kuroiler chickens reared under tropical climatic conditions.
| Animals, n | Treatment (T) 1 | Sex (S) 2 | SEM | p-Value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | A | B | AB | F | M | T | S | T × S | ||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total lipid | 1.90 | 2.27 | 2.00 | 1.98 | 2.11 | 1.96 | 0.07 | 0.346 | 0.146 | 0.044 |
| ∑ SFA | 36.65 | 35.59 | 35.80 | 38.47 | 36.78 | 36.47 | 0.522 | 0.231 | 0.767 | 0.787 |
| ∑ MUFA | 27.57 | 27.51 | 24.71 | 24.15 | 24.89 | 27.07 | 0.405 | 0.012 | 0.016 | 0.131 |
| ∑ PUFA | 35.78 b | 36.91 a,b | 39.50 a | 37.38 a,b | 38.32 | 36.46 | 0.334 | 0.009 | 0.013 | 0.309 |
| PUFA/SFA | 0.98 | 1.05 | 1.11 | 0.97 | 1.05 | 1.00 | 0.024 | 0.182 | 0.360 | 0.874 |
| ∑ n-3 | 10.02 b | 11.35 a,b | 15.12 a | 13.51 a,b | 12.62 | 12.39 | 0.489 | 0.010 | 0.819 | 0.022 |
| ∑ n-6 | 25.76 | 25.56 | 21.97 | 23.87 | 24.01 | 24.57 | 0.625 | 0.156 | 0.661 | 0.100 |
| n6/n3 | 2.67 A,a | 2.35 A,a | 1.46 B | 1.90 b | 1.96 | 2.24 | 0.078 | 0.000 | 0.093 | 0.002 |
1 C = Control; A = Antibiotics; B = Bitos; AB = Antibiotics + Bitos; 2 F = Female; M = Male. SFA = saturated fatty acids; MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acids. SEM = standard error means. Means in a row with different letters are significantly different at: A,B p < 0.01; a,b p < 0.05.