Table 6.

Total lipids (g/100 g) and fatty acid composition (percentage of total fatty acids) of breast muscle (means, SEM) from ducks (n = 8)

Item1	Group2		SEM	P-values
	1	2
Total lipids (g/100 g)	1.85	1.54	0.12	0.221
C14:0	0.23	0.28	0.02	0.257
C16:0	24.15a	22.46b	0.42	0.041
C16:1 n-7	1.42	1.48	0.14	0.842
C18:0	13.58a	10.66b	0.68	0.027
C18:1 n-9	23.91b	28.94a	1.21	0.033
C18:2 n-6	20.40b	23.84a	0.63	0.003
C18:3 n-3	1.22	1.52	0.12	0.243
C20:1 n-9	0.46	0.36	0.03	0.147
C20:4 n-6	11.71a	8.50b	0.75	0.029
C20:5 n-3	0.30	0.24	0.03	0.251
C22:4 n-6	1.07a	0.69b	0.09	0.040
C22:5 n-3	1.01a	0.69b	0.08	0.042
C22:6 n-3	0.53	0.35	0.05	0.063
ΣSFA	37.96a	33.40b	0.80	0.002
ΣMUFA	25.79	30.78	1.31	0.054
ΣPUFA	36.25	35.82	0.88	0.816
Total n-6	33.18	33.03	0.79	0.928
Total n-3	3.07	2.79	0.12	0.274
n-6/n-3	10.90	12.43	0.59	0.206
P/S	0.96b	1.08a	0.03	0.038
AI	0.40a	0.35b	0.01	0.007
TI	0.98a	0.83b	0.03	0.007

n = number of ducks used in quality analysis; SFA = saturated fatty acids; MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acids; P/S = PUFA/SFA ratio; AI = atherogenic index; TI = thrombogenic index. ΣSFA = C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0; ΣMUFA = C16:1 n-7 + C18:1 n-9 + C20:1 n-9; ΣPUFA = C18:2 n-6 + C18:3 n-3 + C20:4 n-6 + C20:5 n-3 + C22:4 n-6 + C22:5 n-3 + C22:6 n-3; total n-6 = C18:2 n-6 + C20:4 n-6 + C22:4 n-6; total n-3 =C18:3 n-3 + C20:5 n-3 + C22:5 n-3 + C22:6 n-3; n-6/n-3 = Σn-6/Σn-3; P/S =ΣPUFA/ΣSFA; AI = [(4 × C14:0) + C16:0]/ [n-6 PUFA + n-3 PUFA + MUFA]; TI = [C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0]/[(0.5 × MUFA) + (0.5 × n-6 PUFA) + (3 × n-3 PUFA) + n-3/n-6 PUFA].

¹Each value represents the mean of four replicates (two ducks per pen).

²1 = feed based on soybean meal, 2 = feed based on yellow lupin; values are means.

^a,bColumns marked with different letters differ significantly between groups, P-value <0.05.