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Table 7.

Fatty acid composition of breast muscle from geese fed increasing dietary levels of cottonseed meal (% of total fatty acids).¹

Item	Control	CSM₂₅	CSM₅₀	CSM₇₅	CSM₁₀₀	SEM	P-value
C14:0	0.25^b,c	0.24^c	0.41^a	0.32^a–c	0.39^a,b	0.024	0.040
C15:0	0.31^a	0.44^a	0.29^a	0.09^b	0.07^b	0.035	<0.001
C16:0	24.02	24.02	25.56	25.43	26.88	0.368	0.060
C18:0	14.44	14.24	12.57	11.82	11.97	0.515	0.329
C20:0	0.42^a	0.36^a	0.39^a	0.08^b	0.06^b	0.039	<0.001
C21:0	0.14^a	0.16^a	0.14^a	0.11^a	0.02^b	0.014	0.008
Total SFA	39.74	39.56	39.54	37.89	39.30	0.394	0.598
C16:1	1.91	1.73	2.24	2.09	2.42	0.114	0.354
C17:1	0.14^a	0.15^a	0.16^a	0.06^b	0.02^b	0.014	<0.001
C18:1 n-9c	35.68^b	34.21^b	36.11^b	44.09^a	43.37^a	1.157	0.004
Total MUFA	37.88^b	36.21^b	38.68^b	46.41^a	45.95^a	1.198	0.005
C18:2 n-6c	14.43^a	14.35^a	14.09^a	11.38^b	10.62^b	0.412	<0.001
C18:3 n-3	1.34	1.03	1.71	1.29	1.79	0.146	0.457
C20:4 n-6	6.14^a,b	8.37^a	5.56^a–c	3.19^b,c	2.29^c	0.605	0.004
C20:5 n-3	0.18^a	0.20^a	0.18^a	0^b	0^b	0.021	<0.001
C22:6 n-3	0.19^a	0.21^a	0.15^a	0^b	0^b	0.020	<0.001
Total PUFA	22.38^a	24.23^a	21.78^a	15.71^b	14.75^b	0.968	0.001
PUFA/SFA	0.56^a	0.61^a	0.55^a	0.41^b	0.38^b	0.023	<0.001

^a–c

Means with different superscripts within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Each value represents the mean of 6 replicate pens. SFA = Saturated fatty acid; MUFA = Monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA = Polyunsaturated fatty acid.