Table 6.

Total lipid content (g/100 g) and fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of breast muscles from geese.

Indicator	Group1		SEM	P-value
	1	2
Total lipids (g/100g)	2.95	3.19	0.17	0.518
C14:0	0.42	0.34	0.03	0.181
C16:0	25.47	23.25	0.58	0.054
C16:1n-7	2.84	2.66	0.13	0.500
C18:0	10.50	9.88	0.23	0.184
C18:1n-9	39.42	38.79	0.54	0.581
C18:2 n-6	14.66b	17.09a	0.35	0.000
C18:3 n-3	0.80	1.14	0.10	0.091
C20:1n-9	0.15	0.21	0.02	0.115
C20:4 n-6	4.95	5.15	0.44	0.831
C20:5 n-3	0.07	0.10	0.03	0.593
C22:4 n-6	0.21	0.21	0.02	0.886
C22:5 n-3	0.22	0.23	0.02	0.711
C22:6 n-3	0.27	0.25	0.02	0.616
ΣSFA	36.39	33.47	0.67	0.025
ΣMUFA	42.42	41.67	0.53	0.495
ΣPUFA	21.20b	24.19a	0.65	0.016
PUFA n-6	19.82b	22.46a	0.63	0.034
PUFA n-3	1.37b	1.73a	0.08	0.025
n-6/n-3	14.92	13.81	0.89	0.549
P/S	0.59b	0.73a	0.03	0.010
AI	0.43	0.37	0.01	0.058
TI	1.04a	0.90b	0.03	0.013

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

10 geese were used in the quality analysis; each value represents the mean of 5 samples (2 geese/pen) from each group.

Abbreviations: AI, atherogenic index; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; P/S, PUFA/SFA ratio; SFA, saturated fatty acids; TI, thrombogenic index.

¹1 = soybean meal, 2 = feed based on yellow lupin.