Table 6.
Fatty acid composition (% of total fatty acids) of breast meat fat from Cobb MX broilers affected by WBM.
| Fatty Acids | Treatments (n = 20) | p-Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Moderate | Severe | ||
| SFA | 32.10 ± 0.10 b | 32.45 ± 0.34 b | 33.31 ± 0.18 a | 0.0001 |
| MUFA | 35.91 ± 1.04 | 35.71 ± 0.89 | 34.00 ± 0.33 | 0.087 |
| PUFA | 32.00 ± 0.98 | 31.85 ± 0.73 | 32.70 ± 0.30 | 0.490 |
| C12:0 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.970 |
| C14:0 | 0.46 ± 0.02 | 0.50 ± 0.01 | 0.47 ± 0.01 | 0.136 |
| C15:0 | 0.077 ± 0.002 | 0.073 ± 0.002 | 0.077 ± 0.003 | 0.499 |
| C16:0 | 24.02 ± 0.23 | 24.57 ± 0.22 | 24.44 ± 0.16 | 0.227 |
| C17:0 | 0.117 ± 0.006 ab | 0.105 ± 0.003 b | 0.123 ± 0.004 a | 0.013 |
| C18:0 | 7.32 ± 0.25 b | 7.09 ± 0.19 b | 8.08 ± 0.10 a | 0.0007 |
| C20:0 | 0.073 ± 0.002 | 0.073 ± 0.003 | 0.077 ± 0.002 | 0.499 |
| C14:1 | 0.093 ± 0.010 ab | 0.103 ± 0.005 a | 0.087 ± 0.003 b | 0.043 |
| C16:1 | 3.55 ± 0.33 | 3.77 ± 0.18 | 3.25 ± 0.10 | 0.061 |
| C17:1 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.615 |
| C18:1n9c | 30.01 ± 0.73 | 29.57 ± 0.70 | 28.37 ± 0.30 | 0.083 |
| C18:1n7 | 1.94 ± 0.07 | 1.97 ± 0.08 | 1.99 ± 0.03 | 0.855 |
| C20:1n9 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.958 |
| C18:2n6 | 26.11 ± 0.70 | 26.19 ± 0.58 | 26.07 ± 0.11 | 0.976 |
| C18:2c9, t11 | 0.062 ± 0.003 | 0.058 ± 0.001 | 0.050 ± 0.009 | 0.08 |
| C20:2 | 0.45 ± 0.05 | 0.42 ± 0.05 | 0.48 ± 0.03 | 0.501 |
| C18:3n6 | 0.180 ± 0.003 a | 0.192 ± 0.014 ab | 0.163 ± 0.006 b | 0.036 |
| C18:3n3 | 1.66 ± 0.06 | 1.71 ± 0.05 | 1.62 ± 0.03 | 0.363 |
| C20:3n6 | 0.38 ± 0.05 | 0.38 ± 0.04 | 0.45 ± 0.03 | 0.380 |
| C20:3n3 | 0.052 ± 0.006 | 0.047 ± 0.008 | 0.048 ± 0.003 | 0.850 |
| C20:4n6 | 1.85 ± 0.27 ab | 1.68 ± 0.20 b | 2.34 ± 0.15 a | 0.041 |
| C22: 4n6 (DTA) | 0.58 ± 0.09 | 0.54 ± 0.05 | 0.72 ± 0.06 | 0.067 |
| C20:5n3 (EPA) | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.461 |
| C22:5n3 (DPA) | 0.38 ± 0.05 | 0.35 ± 0.04 | 0.46 ± 0.03 | 0.118 |
| C22:6n3 (DHA) | 0.19 ± 0.03 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.844 |
| EPA + DHA | 0.30 ± 0.04 | 0.28 ± 0.04 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.819 |
| ω6 | 29.10 ± 0.86 | 28.98 ± 0.65 | 29.74 ± 0.27 | 0.488 |
| ω3 | 2.39 ± 0.09 | 2.39 ± 0.06 | 2.43 ± 0.02 | 0.709 |
| ω6/ω3 | 12.19 ± 0.15 | 12.13 ± 0.15 | 12.22 ± 0.07 | 0.867 |
a–b Means followed by different lowercase letters on the same line differ from each other by the Tukey test (p < 0.05). SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; DTA, docosatetraenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; ω6/ω3—ω6/ω3 ratio.