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

Table 3. Effects of thermal acclimation and linseed dietary inclusion on broilers’ fatty acid composition of liver, subcutaneous, and abdominal fats of chickens.

		Groups
		CL	C	Ac	AcL
C14:0	Subcutan	0.49 ± 0.09^e	0.61 ± 0.06^e	0.52 ± 0.04^e	0.52 ± 0.08^e
	Liver	3.6 ± 0.86^d	6.21 ± 0.94^a	6.42 ± 0.55^a	0.67 ± 0.09^e
	Abdominal	3.02 ± 0.79^d	6.62 ± 0.88^a	5.6 ± 1.26^b	4.3 ± 0.91^c
C16:0	Subcutan	20.43 ± 0.37^c	26.32 ± 0.61^a	18.78 ± 0.87^c	18.63 ± 0.92^c
	Liver	20.02 ± 1.13^c	23.72 ± 1.664^b	22.31 ± 1.43^b	19.41 ± 1.31^c
	Abdominal	4.31 ± 0.23^g	7.6 ± 1.3^f	8.01 ± 0.91^f	10.92 ± 0.98^d
C18:0	Subcutan	6.42 ± 0.58^d	6.822 ± 0.64^d	6.31 ± 0.39	7.36 ± 0.49
	Liver	6.39 ± 1.29^d	5.8 ± 1.50^e	4.92 ± 1.12^e	5.3 ± 1.2^e
	Abdominal	8.52 ± 1.55^c	10.82 ± 0.87^a	8.62 ± 1.6^e	9.62 ± 1.3^b
C16:1	Subcutan	0.86 ± 0.20^b	0.42 ± 0.02^b	0.39 ± 0.02^b	0.72 ± 0.05^b
	Liver	3.86 ± 0.93^a	5.29 ± 0.73^a	5.18 ± 0.76^a	4.99 ± 1.08^a
	Abdominal	0.82 ± 0.12^b	0.6 ± 0.1^b	0.72 ± 0.1^b	0.78 ± 0.13^d
C18:1 n−9	Subcutan	38.24 ± 0.97^a	32.36 ± 1.10^a	34.82 ± 0.67^a	39.09 ± 0.81^a
	Liver	6.82 ± 0.89ⁱ	6.72 ± 0.52ⁱ	7.8 ± 0.678ⁱ	5.3 ± 0.44ⁱ
	Abdominal	30.01 ± 1.59^g	25.32 ± 1.39^h	29.36 ± 1.514^g	31.02 ± 1.75^g
C18:2 n−6	Subcutan	16.38 ± 0.65^b	12.32 ± 1.16^f	13.78 ± 1.42^e	17.01 ± 0.74^b
	Liver	19.99 ± 0.74^a	16.72 ± 1.47^b	16.01 ± 0.92^b	20.82 ± 1.67^a
	Abdominal	15.08 ± 1.30^c	14.6 ± 1.59^c	15.74 ± 1.11^b	14.78 ± 1.39^d
C18:3 n−3	Subcutan	6.61 ± 0.67^e	0.86 ± 0.2ⁱ	2.61 ± 0.54ⁱ	5.89 ± 1.17^e
	Liver	7.62 ± 1.3^d	4.45 ± 0.85^f	5.62 ± 1.65^e	6.6 ± 1.33^e
	Abdominal	9.62 ± 0.83^b	6.2 ± 1.12^e	8.21 ± 1.12^c	10.2 ± 1.35^a
C20:4 n−6	Subcutan	2.73 ± 0.53^c	1.89 ± 0.52^d	2.09 ± 0.19^c	2.98 ± 0.48^c
	Liver	8.01 ± 0.89^a	6.82 ± 1.14^b	7.87 ± 1.53^a	5.48 ± 1.51^b
	Abdominal	2.8 ± 0.86^c	1 ± 0.30^d	1.08 ± 0.28^d	2.7 ± 1.39^c
C20:5 n−3	Subcutan	2.01 ± 0.37^b	1.92 ± 0.79^b	1.68 ± 0.47^c	2.19 ± 0.48^b
	Liver	3.41 ± 0.57^a	1.05 ± 0.23^c	1.62 ± 0.48^c	2.66 ± 0.64^b
	Abdominal	1.01 ± 0.21^b	0.38 ± 0.18^d	0.02 ± 0.01^d	2.01 ± 0.77^b
C22:5 n−6	Subcutan	0.09 ± 0.07^d	0.01 ± 0.002^d	0.03 ± 0.007^d	0.08 ± 0.01^d
	Liver	0.02 ± 0.001^d	0.2 ± 0.01^c	0.3 ± 0.04^c	0.24 ± 0.02^c
	Abdominal	1.01 ± 0.10^a	0.82 ± 0.26^b	0.08 ± 0.01^e	1.6 ± 0.27^a
C22:5 n−3	Subcutan	0.72 ± 0.03^d	0.23 ± 0.02^d	0.34 ± 0.04^d	0.93 ± 0.11^c
	Liver	2.04 ± 0.36^a	1.01 ± 0.14^c	1.99 ± 0.74^b	2.8 ± 0.75^a
	Abdominal	2.3 ± 0.46^a	1.29 ± 0.5^c	2.01 ± 0.52^a	2.8 ± 1.19^a
C22:6 n−3	Subcutan	0.36 ± 0.11^c	0.18 ± 0.07^c	0.22 ± 0.05^c	0.29 ± 0.10^c
	Liver	1.82 ± 0.25^a	0.9 ± 0.07^b	1.02 ± 0.21^b	2.68 ± 1.13^a
	Abdominal	1.99 ± 0.66^a	1.01 ± 0.03^b	1.09 ± 0.01^b	1.89 ± 0.49^a
n−6	Subcutan	20.26 ± 0.51^b	14.32 ± 0.45^c	16.83 ± 1.16^b	20.18 ± 0.36^b
	Liver	28.31 ± 1.35^a	24.1 ± 1.47^a	25.8 ± 0.87^a	27.64 ± 1.09^a
	Abdominal	21 ± 1.01^b	17.43 ± 1.66^b	17.02 ± 0.89^b	19.78 ± 1.93^b
n−3	Subcutan	10 ± 0.55^c	3.28 ± 0.35^d	4.97 ± 1.01^d	9.42 ± 0.55^c
	Liver	15.01 ± 0.95^b	7.8 ± 0.89^c	10.82 ± 0.96^c	14.98 ± 1.02^b
	Abdominal	15.13 ± 1.13^b	9.86 ± 1.04^c	11.98 ± 1.67^c	17.01 ± 1.55^a
n−6/n−3 ratio	Subcutan	2.02 ± 0.12^c	4.39 ± 0.38^a	3.46 ± 0.51^b	2.14 ± 0.1^c
	Liver	1.88 ± 0.04^c	3.1 ± 0.21^b	2.38 ± 0.13^c	1.84 ± 0.05^c
	Abdominal	1.38 ± 0.03^c	1.76 ± 0.07^c	1.43 ± 0.16^c	1.16 ± 0.09^c
SFA	Subcutan	27.51 ± 0.5^c	42.98 ± 0.8^a	34.38 ± 0.3^b	28.18 ± 0.3^c
	Liver	27.98 ± 1.6^c	34.892 ± 1.8^b	29.92 ± 1.01^c	24.72 ± 1.39^d
	Abdominal	29.98 ± 1.98^c	37.93 ± 1.9^a	34.99 ± 1.4^b	30.04 ± 1.09^c
PUFA	Subcutan	32.61 ± 0.6^c	19.82 ± 0.97^d	25.63 ± 0.69^c	31.75 ± 0.68^c
	Liver	44.78 ± 1.1^a	34.41 ± 0.9^c	38.44 ± 1.18^b	46.99 ± 1.52^a
	Abdominal	37.6 ± 1.2^b	32.15 ± 0.9^c	33.04 ± 1.02^c	37.88 ± 1.56^b

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).