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Table 4.

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 that received Satureja khuzistanica essential oils (SkEO) by oral gavaging method and dietary acetic acid (AA) in day 38 of age.

SkEO (mg/bird/day)	AA (g/kg)	SFA	MUFA	PUFA	n-3	n-6	n-6/n-3	TFA	CFA
0		29.33^c	47.05^a	22.120^b	1.435^b,c	20.69^b	14.42	0.364^c	68.81^a
200		30.64^a	46.16^b	21.73^b	1.386^c	20.34^b	14.73	0.359^c	67.53^b,c
300		30.65^a	45.55^c	22.146^b	1.473^b	20.67^b	14.08	0.355^c	67.34^b,c
400		30.17^a,b	43.95^e	24.187^a	1.587^a	22.60^a	14.25	1.036^a	67.10^c
500		30.07^a,b	44.86^d	23.65^a	1.541^a	22.10^a	14.38	0.290^c	68.22^a,b
600		29.69^b,c	46.32^b	22.157^b	1.447^b,c	20.71^b	14.34	0.523^b	67.95^a,b,c
SEM		0.187	0.158	0.158	0.017	0.159	0.214	0.019	0.225
	0	29.63^b	45.81^a	23.02^a	1.500^a	21.52^a	14.37	0.596^a	68.23^a
	20	30.55^a	45.50^b	22.31^b	1.457^b	20.85^b	14.37	0.380^b	67.42^b
SEM		0.137	0.110	0.091	0.013	0.092	0.154	0.011	0.134
0	0	28.38^e	48.09^a	21.93^e	1.44^d	20.49^e	14.23^a,b,c	0.370^c	69.65^a
0	2	30.28^b,c	46.02^c,d	22.31^e	1.43^d	20.88^d,e	14.62^a,b,c	0.359^c	67.97^b,c,d
200	0	29.03^d,e	44.91^e	24.25^a,b	1.58^a,b,c	22.67^a,b	14.36^a,b,c	0.364^c	68.79^a,b
200	2	32.24^a	47.42^a,b	19.21^f	1.19^e	18.01^f	15.10^a	0.354^c	66.27^e
300	0	30.43^b,c	46.44^c	21.62^e	1.39^d	20.23^e	14.60^a,b,c	0.380^c	67.68^b,c,d,e
300	2	30.87^b	44.66^e	22.68^c,d,e	1.56^a,b,c	21.12^c,d,e	13.56^c	0.330^c	67.01^c,d,e
400	0	29.44^c,d,e	44.27^e,f	24.91^a	1.59^a,b	23.32^a	14.70^a,b,c	1.810^a	67.37^b,c,d,e
400	2	30.91^b	43.64^f	23.46^b,c,d	1.59^a,b	21.88^b,c,d	13.80^b,c	0.263^c	66.84^d,e
500	0	30.08^b,c,d	44.50^e,f	23.76^b,c	1.60^a	22.16^b,c	13.86^a,b,c	0.310^c	67.94^b,c,d
500	2	30.06^b,c,d	45.23^d,e	23.55^b,c,d	1.48^c,d	22.06^b,c	14.90^a,b	0.270^c	68.50^a,b,c
600	0	30.43^b,c	46.62^b,c	21.68^e	1.41^d	20.27^e	14.44^a,b,c	0.343^c	67.95^b,c,d
600	2	28.96^e	46.02^c,d	22.64^d,e	1.49^b,c,d	21.15^c,d,e	14.24^a,b,c	0.703^b	67.96^b,c,d
SEM		0.243	0.210	0.224	0.023	0.225	0.281	0.026	0.316
		P-value
SkEO		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.249	<0.001	<0.001
AA		<0.001	0.010	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	0.976	<0.001	<0.001
SkEO × AA		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Linear		0. 799	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.340	<0.001	0.197
Quadratic		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.415	<0.001	<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.