Table 6.

Correlation coefficients between basic nutrients and mineral elements in the camelina, flax, and sunflower seeds and the breast and drumstick muscles of broiler chickens fed a control, camelina, flax, and sunflower diet (r) ¹.

Breast Muscles											Drumstick Muscles
Items	Ca	Mg	P	Cu	Fe	Zn	Dry Matter	Crude Protein	Fat	Crude Ash	Ca	Mg	P	Cu	Fe	Zn	Dry Matter	Crude Protein	Fat	Crude Ash
Camelina seeds
Ca	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.61	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.77	ns
Mg	−0.89	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.66	−0.71	ns	ns	ns	0.89	ns	ns	ns	0.63	0.62	−0.71	ns	ns
P	0.77	−0.63	−0.85	0.78	0.84	0.71	−0.67	ns	−0.78	−0.76	0.87	−0.73	ns	ns	0.65	0.75	−0.73	ns	−0.73	0.75
Cu	0.75	−0.81	−0.87	0.87	ns	−0.63	ns	ns	−0.66	ns	0.73	−0.86	−0.67	0.85	ns	ns	ns	ns	−ns	ns
Fe	−0.78	ns	−0.73	ns	−0.76	0.67	0.68	−0.76	−0.82	ns	ns	ns	−0.78	−0.77	ns	0.69	0.65	−0.76	−0.82	0.64
Zn	0.66	ns	0.84	−0.92	0.73	ns	0.71	ns	0.74	ns	0.76	0.64	0.85	−0.62	0.73	ns	0.81	ns	0.74	ns
Dry matter	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.94	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.94	ns	0.88
Crude protein	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Fat	−0.80	−0.63	ns	ns	0.64	−0.87	−0.62	−0.76	−0.81	ns	ns	−0.61	0.89	0.81	0.71	ns	−0.62	−0.76	ns	ns
Crude ash	0.69	ns	0.82	−0.92	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.65	ns	0.65	ns	0.77	−0.92	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.69	0.73
Flax seeds
Ca	−0.65	−0.66	ns	0.51	ns	ns	−0.75	−0.81	ns	ns	−0.85	ns	ns	0.66	ns	ns	−0.85	−0.81	ns	ns
Mg	0.67	0.62	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.89	0.73	0.63	ns	0.67	0.65	ns	ns	0.56	ns	0.81	0.73	ns	ns
P	0.75	−0.87	0.63	−0.67	−0.87	0.69	0.83	ns	0.68	0.73	0.66	0.77	0.83	0.87	0.73	0.89	0.73	ns	0.78	0.63
Cu	−0.88	−0.67	−0.87	0.75	0.66	−0.63	ns	−0.63	ns	ns	−0.78	ns	−0.77	−0.75	0.64	0.65	ns	−0.63	ns	ns
Fe	0.74	0.80	ns	ns	0.64	ns	0.83	0.60	0.72	0.68	ns	0.83	ns	ns	0.74	ns	ns	0.60	0.66	0.78
Zn	−0.84	ns	0.75	ns	0.79	−0.87	−0.78	ns	ns	−0.75	−0.81	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	−0.63	ns	ns	−0.71
Dry matter	0.61	ns	ns	ns	0.68	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.61	ns	ns	ns	0.73	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Crude protein	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.74	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.64	0.67	ns	0.74	ns	ns
Fat	−ns	0.91	ns	0.65	ns	−0.65	ns	ns	−0.74	0.84	−ns	0.86	0.62	0.83	ns	−0.61	ns	ns	−0.84	ns
Crude ash	ns	0.73	ns	ns	ns	0.76	0.86	0.69	0.68	ns	ns	0.64	ns	0.84	ns	0.72	0.71	0.69	−0.63	ns
Sunflower seeds
Ca	−0.66	−0.65	ns	−0.61	ns	ns	−0.74	−0.83	−0.66	ns	0.86	0.75	ns	−0.65	ns	ns	ns	−0.73	0.76	ns
Mg	0.61	0.69	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.89	0.73	0.63	0.81	0.77	0.64	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.69	0.65	0.85	ns
P	0.75	0.87	0.63	−0.87	−0.83	0.69	0.83	ns	0.78	0.75	0.85	0.67	0.65	−0.83	ns	0.67	0.73	ns	0.76	0.64
Cu	−0.78	−0.67	−0.87	0.75	0.76	−0.90	ns	−0.63	ns	ns	−0.68	−0.61	ns	0.65	0.86	−0.77	ns	−0.73	ns	ns
Fe	0.73	0.8	ns	ns	−0.64	ns	0.80	0.60	0.72	0.62	0.73	−0.89	ns	ns	0.67	ns	0.83	0.82	−0.72	0.72
Zn	−0.82	−0.84	−0.65	0.67	0.73	−0.87	−0.73	−0.61	ns	−0.71	ns	0.74	−0.75	0.77	0.83	−0.67	−0.63	−0.73	ns	−0.81
Dry matter	−0.60	ns	ns	ns	0.78	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.66	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Crude protein	ns	0.52	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.74	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.64	ns	ns	ns	0.69	ns	ns
Fat	−0.66	−0.91	0.84	0.65	0.87	−0.65	ns	ns	−0.74	ns	ns	−0.81	0.74	0.85	0.73	0.85	ns	ns	0.71	0.68
Crude ash	0.67	0.73	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.84	0.61	0.81	0.63	0.61	0.76	0.86	0.84	ns	ns	ns	−0.64	0.68	0.71

¹ significance values p < 0.05.