Table 5.

Liver fatty acid composition in pantothenic acid-deficient (PAD) and control (CON) ducks (mg/g).¹

Fatty acid	PAD	CON	P-value
C14:0	0.19 ± 0.11b	0.37 ± 0.12a	0.001
C16:0	21.37 ± 7.25	21.85 ± 5.29	0.857
C16:1	0.64 ± 0.55b	1.13 ± 0.35a	0.021
C18:0	18.12 ± 4.53	17.79 ± 4.10	0.855
C18:1n9c	38.51 ± 26.79b	73.35 ± 28.10a	0.006
C18:2n6c	11.95 ± 4.79	10.05 ± 2.15	0.243
C18:3n6	0.23 ± 0.13	0.20 ± 0.034	0.493
C18:3n3	0.11 ± 0.09	0.12 ± 0.05	0.717
C20:0	0.17 ± 0.04	0.18 ± 0.05	0.761
C20:1	0.30 ± 0.14b	0.53 ± 0.15a	0.001
C20:2	0.93 ± 0.23b	2.60 ± 0.33a	<0.001
C20:3n6	1.57 ± 0.72b	2.87 ± 0.64a	<0.001
C20:4n6	24.36 ± 4.09	25.25 ± 2.25	0.533
C20:5n3	0.10 ± 0.03b	0.23 ± 0.07a	<0.001
C22:0	0.34 ± 0.05	0.36 ± 0.05	0.300
C22:1	0.071 ± 0.011b	0.091 ± 0.013a	<0.001
C22:2	0.10 ± 0.07b	0.28 ± 0.06a	<0.001
C24:0	0.69 ± 0.12a	0.57 ± 0.06b	0.006
C24:1	2.96 ± 0.85a	1.50 ± 0.32b	<0.001
C22:6n3	0.34 ± 0.05b	0.45 ± 0.07a	<0.001
TFA	123.1 ± 43.73b	159.8 ± 40.03a	0.049
SFA	40.88 ± 10.97	41.12 ± 9.40	0.957
UFA	82.18 ± 33.27b	118.65 ± 30.92a	0.013
MUFA	42.49 ± 27.22b	76.59 ± 28.70a	0.008
PUFA	39.69 ± 7.65	42.05 ± 4.25	0.378

TFA = total fatty acid; SFA = saturated fatty acid; UFA = unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acid.

^a,b Within a row, means without a common superscript differed (P < 0.05).

¹Each value represents the mean ± SD of 8 replicates (n = 8).