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Table 3.

Mean saturated fatty acids (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-3, n-6, n-6/n-3 ratio, trans fatty acids (TFA), and cis fatty acids (CFA) concentrations (%)¹/ratios in thigh meat in broiler chickens received Satureja khuzistanica essential oils (SkEO) by gavage method and dietary acetic acid (AA) in day 34 of age.

SkEO (mg/bird/day)	AA (g/kg)	SFA	MUFA	PUFA	n-3	n-6	n-6/n-3	TFA	CFA
0		30.00^a,b	44.35^c	23.99^b	1.618^b	22.38^a	13.84	0.385^b,c,d	67.96^c
200		29.93^a,b	46.45^a,b	21.89^d,e	1.512^b,c	20.38^c,d	13.54	0.532^a	67.81^c
300		29.24^b,c	46.37^a,b	22.99^c	1.583^b,c	21.40^b	13.55	0.348^d	69.00^a
400		28.42^c	44.60^c	24.74^a	1.786^a	22.96^a	12.84	0.412^b,c	68.93^a,b
500		29.96^a,b	45.88^b	22.27^d	1.530^b,c	20.74^c	13.57	0.365^c,d	67.79^c
600		30.15^a	47.28^a	21.28^e	1.469^c	19.81^d	13.52	0.423^b	68.14^b,c
SEM		0.199	0.218	0.152	0.032	0.144	0.281	0.012	0.202
	0	29.63	45.41^b	23.30^a	1.629^a	21.67^a	13.33	0.444^a	68.27
	20	29.61	46.23^a	22.42^b	1.536^b	20.88^b	13.63	0.378^b	68.27
SEM		0.119	0.127	0.088	0.019	0.083	0.162	0.007	0.116
0	0	30.91^a	43.56^d	24.05^b	1.63^b	22.41^b	13.54	0.410^b,c	67.20^d
0	2	29.09^c,d	45.14^c	23.94^b	1.60^b,c	22.34^b,c	13.62	0.360^b,c	68.72^a,b,c
200	0	29.36^b,c,d	45.30^c	23.37^b,c	1.65^b	21.72^b,c,d	13.45	0.664^a	68.00^b,c,d
200	2	30.51^a,b	47.61^b	20.42^f	1.38^c,d	19.04^f	12.50	0.400^b,c	67.62^c,d
300	0	29.67^a,b,c,d	46.47^b,c	22.98^b,c,d	1.62^b	21.36^c,d,e	13.47	0.360^b,c	69.09^a,b
300	2	28.81^d,e	46.26^b,c	22.99^b,c,d	1.54^b,c,d	21.45^b,c,d,e	13.49	0.335^c	68.92^a,b,c
400	0	27.54^e	41.43^e	28.52^a	2.01^a	26.52^a	12.95	0.423^b	69.53^a
400	2	29.31^b,c,d	47.76^a,b	20.96^e,f	1.57^b,c,d	19.40^f	13.50	0.400^b,c	68.32^a,b,c,d
500	0	29.65^a,b,c,d	46.40^b,c	22.00^d,e	1.52^b,c,d	20.48^e	13.45	0.363^b,c	68.03^b,c,d
500	2	30.28^a,b,c	45.36^c	22.55^c,d	1.54^b,c,d	21.01^d,e	13.53	0.368^b,c	67.54^c,d
600	0	30.62^a,b	49.29^a	18.91^g	1.35^d	17.56^g	13.47	0.443^b	67.75^b,c,d
600	2	29.69^a,b,c,d	45.28^c	23.64^b	1.59^b,c	22.05^b,c	13.52	0.403^b,c	68.52^a,b,c,d
SEM		0.278	0.308	0.216	0.045	0.204	0.253	0.117	0.285
		P-value
SkEO		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.246	<0.001	<0.001
AA		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.205	<0.001	0.970
SkEO × AA		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.362	<0.001	<0.001
Linear		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.080	<0.001	0.387	0.018	0.659
Quadratic		0.328	0.001	0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.108	0.335	<0.001

^a–fMeans in the same column without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviation: SEM, standard error of the mean.

As the percent of fatty acids.