Table 6.
Effects of gender, age, and carcass weight on saturated fatty acid (% of total FA) composition of horse meat lipids.
| Fatty Acids | Gender | p-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mares n = 10 | Stallions n = 8 | Geldings n = 8 | Gender | Weight | Age | |
| C10:0 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.02 ± 0.01 | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.440 | 0.308 | 0.191 |
| C12:0 | 0.10 ± 0.02 | 0.12 ± 0.03 | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.667 | 0.191 | 0.666 |
| C14:0 | 2.96 ± 0.18 | 2.43 a ± 0.27 | 3.62 b ± 0.34 | 0.102 | 0.058 | 0.708 |
| C15:0 | 0.18 a ± 0.01 | 0.15 a ± 0.02 | 0.24 b ± 0.02 | 0.061 | 0.035 | 0.099 |
| C16:0 | 24.69 ± 0.60 | 23.28 ± 0.90 | 26.07 ± 1.11 | 0.280 | 0.028 | 0.895 |
| C17:0 | 0.21 b ± 0.02 | 0.29 a ± 0.03 | 0.16 b ± 0.04 | 0.087 | 0.981 | 0.908 |
| C18:0 | 3.65 d ± 0.50 | 6.35 c ± 0.75 | 2.09 d ± 0.93 | 0.012 | 0.149 | 0.552 |
| C20:0 | 0.06 ± 0.00 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 0.331 | 0.113 | 0.892 |
| C22:0 | 0.02 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.00 | 0.01 ± 0.01 | 0.070 | 0.892 | 0.290 |
| SFA | 31.88 ± 0.50 | 32.72 ± 0.75 | 32.41 ± 0.93 | 0.533 | 0.041 | 0.818 |
The differences between the means of genders in the rows with different superscripts differ at a, b: p ˂ 0.05; c, d: p ˂ 0.01; SFA = sum of all identified saturated fatty acids.