Table 2.

Effect of chronic heat stress on fatty acid profile (g/100 g) of breast muscles in broiler chickens.

Parameters	Group
	TN 1	HS 2	SEM 3	p-Value
Myristic (C14:0)	0.79	0.95	0.03	0.001
Palmitic (C16:0)	31.07	36.31	0.95	0.012
Stearic (C18:0)	12.54	13.20	0.22	0.145
Myristoleic acid (C14:1)	1.12	0.91	0.04	0.005
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	1.21	0.94	0.05	0.012
Oleic (C18:1)	22.02	17.68	0.86	0.007
Linoleic (C18:2n6)	15.68	12.56	0.78	0.003
α-linolenic acid (C18:3n3)	0.91	0.92	0.03	0.818
Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n3)	0.60	0.45	0.02	0.002
Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5n3)	0.71	0.53	0.02	0.001

¹ thermoneutral group; ² thermal-stress group; ³ standard error of means.