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Table 6.

The effect of supplementation of eucalyptus essential oil (EEO) on fatty acid profile (% of total fatty acid) of thigh muscle in broiler chickens.¹

Items	EEO (mg/kg of diet)					SEM	P-value
Items	0	250	500	750	1,000	SEM	Linear	Quadratic
SFA	37.80^a	37.82^a	36.80^a,b	35.68^a,b	34.16^b	0.784	0.002	0.235
C14:0	0.81^a	0.80^a	0.77^a	0.69^b	0.65^b	0.022	0.032	0.453
C16:0	30.86^a	30.81^a	30.06^a	29.56^a,b	28.29^b	0.433	0.005	0.184
C18:0	5.92^a	6.01^a	5.75^a	5.23^b	5.03^b	0.086	0.001	0.673
C20:0	0.21	0.20	0.22	0.20	0.19	0.011	0.654	0.784
MUFA	42.34	42.85	42.37	42.65	43.21	1.090	0.514	0.869
C14:1	0.25	0.24	0.25	0.23	0.22	0.012	0.342	0.654
C16:1	6.10	6.07	5.98	5.95	5.96	0.866	0.496	0.828
C18:1	35.23	35.76	35.32	35.67	36.22	0.951	0.221	0.743
C20:1	0.76	0.78	0.82	0.80	0.81	0.020	0.680	0.965
PUFA	29.67^b	29.91^b	31.06^a,b	32.19^a,b	33.31^a	0.573	0.003	0.486
C18:2	24.85^b	25.01^b	25.77^a,b	26.54^a	26.93^a	1.121	0.005	0.791
C18:3	1.65^b	1.70^b	1.83^b	2.10^a,b	2.48^a	0.498	0.023	0.255
C20:4	3.17^b	3.20^b	3.46^a,b	3.55^a,b	3.80^a	0.767	0.001	0.206

^a-bMeans in the same row with different superscripts differ (P < 0.05).

Abbreviations: MUFA, mono unsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.

Data represent the mean of 8 replicate pens (3 birds/pen) per treatment.