Table 3.

Basic chemical composition (%) of back fat and abdominal fat of 15-years-old emu depending on sex (mean ± SE).

Item	Fat type	Emu sex			Main effect
		Female n = 8	Male n = 6	Average fat type	Type	Sex	Type × Sex
Water	Back fat	3.03 ± 0.19	2.58 ± 0.17	2.84 ± 0.14	0.7496	0.1897	0.2330
	Abdominal fat	2.76 ± 0.17	2.74 ± 0.15	2.75 ± 0.11
	Average emu sex	2.89 ± 0.13	2.66 ± 0.11	2.79 ± 0.09
Protein	Back fat	1.46 ± 0.06	1.42 ± 0.07	1.44* ± 0.04	< 0.0001	0.8270	0.4686
	Abdominal fat	0.84 ± 0.03	0.87 ± 0.03	0.85* ± 0.02
	Average emu sex	1.15 ± 0.09	1.14 ± 0.09	1.15 ± 0.09
Lipids	Back fat	95.3 ± 0.2	95.7 ± 0.2	95.5* ± 0.2	0.0297	0.9131	0.0528
	Abdominal fat	96.1 ± 0.2	95.7 ± 0.2	95.9* ± 0.1
	Average emu sex	95.7 ± 0.2	95.7 ± 0.1	95.7 ± 0.1
Ash	Back fat	0.075 ± 0.001	0.076 ± 0.003	0.075* ± 0.001	< 0.0001	0.0675	0.1253
	Abdominal fat	0.081 ± 0.001	0.086 ± 0.002	0.083* ± 0.001
	Average emu sex	0.078 ± 0.001	0.081 ± 0.002	0.079 ± 0.001

*The same symbol in the superscript indicates statistically significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) for the type of fat.

_abcStatistically significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) for the emu age were marked with different letters in the subscript.

^abcStatistically significant differences (P ≤ 0.05) for interaction type of fat × age of emu were marked with different letters in the upper index.