. 2021 Jun 19;8(2):237–245. doi: 10.5455/javar.2021.h508

Table 2. Effects of thermal acclimation and linseed dietary inclusion on the fatty acid composition of breast and thigh muscles meat in broilers.

		Groups
		C	CL	Ac	AcL
C14:0	Breast	0.60 ± 0.06^e	0.47 ± 0.12^e	0.58 ± 0.08^e	0.52 ± 0.02^e
C14:0	Thigh	0.52 ± 0.14^e	0.22 ± 0.02^e	0.31 ± 0.09^e	0.13 ± 0.03^e
C16:0	Breast	22.52 ± 0.74^a	09.12 ± 1.26^c	12.3 ± 0.3^b	9.52 ± 1^c
C16:0	Thigh	24.52 ± 0.74^a	11.93 ± 1.26^b	14.3 ± 1.3^b	9.82 ± 1^c
C18:0	Breast	7.39 ± 0.87^b	6.62 ± 0.77^c	6.67 ± 0.73^c	7.99 ± 1.48^b
C18:0	Thigh	9.67 ± 1.54^a	5.02 ± 0.76^d	7.28 ± 0.34^b	5.18 ± 0.64^d
C16:1	Breast	0.98 ± 0.31^c	1.32 ± 0.38^b	1.96 ± 0.24^a	1.34 ± 0.54^b
C16:1	Thigh	1.01 ± 0.27^c	0.98 ± 0.54^c	1.08 ± 0.30^c	0.93 ± 0.23^c
C18:1 n−9	Breast	39.02 ± 0.79^c	42.12 ± 0.92^a	39.59 ± 1^c	43.26 ± 2.62^a
C18:1 n−9	Thigh	41.61 ± 1.86^b	39.98 ± 3.83^c	38.54 ± 1.15^c	40.73 ± 1.72^b
C18:2 n−6	Breast	12.14 ± 0.99^c	13.92 ± 1.08^b	12.02 ± 0.92^c	13.88 ± 1.12^b
C18:2 n−6	Thigh	12.81 ± 1.95^c	15.2 ± 1.24^a	14.2 ± 1.24^a	14.43 ± 1.36^a
C18:3 n−3	Breast	0.72 ± 0.18^d	2.08 ± 0.47^c	1.08 ± 0.29^d	2.09 ± 0.53^c
C18:3 n−3	Thigh	2.68 ± 0.79^c	6.02 ± 0.93^a	5.31 ± 0.88^b	6 ± 0.99^a
C20:4 n−6	Breast	2.34 ± 0.34^b	3.19 ± 0.92^a	2.84 ± 0.95^b	3.01 ± 0.57^a
C20:4 n−6	Thigh	2.03 ± 0.76^b	3.83 ± 0.94^a	1.89 ± 0.99^b	3.62 ± 1.37^a
C20:5 n−3	Breast	3.33 ± 0.40^b	4.23 ± 0.46^a	3.86 ± 1.09^b	4.79 ± 0.73^a
C20:5 n−3	Thigh	1.42 ± 0.61^c	4.22 ± 0.73^a	3.62 ± 0.12^b	4.01 ± 0.41^a
C22:5 n−6	Breast	1.52 ± 0.56^b	2.45 ± 0.58^a	1.71 ± 0.43^b	2.36 ± 0.49^a
C22:5 n−6	Thigh	1.08 ± 0.08^b	1.01 ± 0.02^b	0.98 ± 0.41^b	1 ± 0.22^b
C22:5 n−3	Breast	0.04 ± 0.07^c	1.04 ± 0.37^a	0.06 ± 0.01^c	0.62 ± 0.02^b
C22:5 n−3	Thigh	0.08 ± 0.01^c	1.36 ± 0.31^a	0.98 ± 0.32^b	1.39 ± 0.25^a
C22:5 n−6	Breast	1.52 ± 0.56^b	2.45 ± 0.58^a	1.71 ± 0.43^b	2.36 ± 0.49^a
C22:5 n−6	Thigh	1.08 ± 0.08^c	1.01 ± 0.02^c	0.98 ± 0.41^c	1 ± 0.22^c
C22:5 n−3	Breast	0.04 ± 0.07^d	1.04 ± 0.37^a	0.06 ± 0.01^d	0.62 ± 0.02^c
C22:5 n−3	Thigh	0.08 ± 0.01^d	1.36 ± 0.31^a	0.98 ± 0.32^a	1.39 ± 0.2^5a
C22:6 n−3	Breast	0.91 ± 0.32^b	1.6 ± 0.74^a	0.73 ± 0.19^b	1.8 ± 0.77^a
C22:6 n−3	Thigh	0.06 ± 0.01^d	0.32 ± 0.14^c	0.28 ± 0.10^c	0.3 ± 0.08^c
n−6	Breast	16.22 ± 0.94^d	19.87 ± 1.14^a	17.08 ± 0.95^c	19.35 ± 0.55^b
n−6	Thigh	15.94 ± 1.74^d	20.08 ± 0.95^a	17.18 ± 1.42^c	19.52 ± 1.58^b
n−3	Breast	5.04 ± 1.02^c	9.01 ± 0.77^b	6.22 ± 0.43^c	9.6 ± 1.03^b
n−3	Thigh	4.28 ± 0.71^c	11.99 ± 1.88^a	10.29 ± 1.45^a	11.82 ± 1.88^a
n−6/n−3	Breast	3.29 ± 0.50^a	2.2 ± 0.13^b	2.74 ± 0.15^b	2.02 ± 0.16^b
n−6/n−3	Thigh	3.74 ± 0.22^a	1.69 ± 0.19^c	1.67 ± 0.09^c	1.66 ± 0.13^c
SFA	Breast	31.42 ± 1.1^a	19.32 ± 1.1^d	29.86 ± 1.8^a	19.73 ± 0.9^d
SFA	Thigh	34.94 ± 2.06^a	25.9 ± 2.05^c	30.09 ± 2.1^a	25.95 ± 1.97^c
PUFA	Breast	23.27 ± 1.05^b	29.2 ± 0.9^a	24.22 ± 1.05^b	29.55 ± 0.96^a
PUFA	Thigh	21.26 ± 1.2^b	32.14 ± 1.1^a	28.89 ± 1.69^a	32.29 ± 2.18^a

C = control (basal diet); AC = early- age- acclimated (basal diet); Cl = (fed 5% ground linseed); AcL = (early-age acclimated and fed 5% ground linseed).

(n = 20) Means within a row without the same superscripts differ significantly (p < 0.05).