Table 5.
Fatty acids profile in the thigh muscle of broilers (%).
| Items | Group | SEM | P | Contrast a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S0 | S1 | S2 | S3 | L | Q | |||
| C6:0 | 3.63 | 2.96 | 2.38 | 2.57 | 0.56 | 0.424 | 0.124 | 0.943 |
| C8:0 | 2.15 | 1.75 | 1.40 | 1.53 | 0.33 | 0.424 | 0.125 | 0.918 |
| C10:0 | 2.54 | 3.54 | 2.99 | 2.60 | 0.85 | 0.827 | 0.807 | 0.386 |
| C11:0 | 3.90 | 3.18 | 2.54 | 2.78 | 0.62 | 0.446 | 0.136 | 0.928 |
| C14:0 | 13.04 | 18.05 | 11.58 | 14.12 | 4.99 | 0.818 | 0.936 | 0.612 |
| C16:0 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.55 | 0.08 | 0.569 | 0.318 | 0.713 |
| C17:0 | 3.72 | 3.93 | 3.49 | 3.53 | 0.75 | 0.973 | 0.844 | 0.766 |
| C18:0 | 4.83 | 4.88 | 4.32 | 3.75 | 0.86 | 0.773 | 0.450 | 0.483 |
| C20:0 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.574 | 0.182 | 0.816 |
| C21:0 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.02 | 0.890 | 0.576 | 0.720 |
| C22:0 | 0.89 | 0.72 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.14 | 0.430 | 0.128 | 0.906 |
| C14:1n5 | 0.96 | 0.88 | 0.78 | 0.80 | 0.09 | 0.480 | 0.154 | 0.901 |
| C15:1n5 | 0.22 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.520 | 0.169 | 0.936 |
| C16:1n7 | 9.06 | 11.25 | 11.95 | 12.17 | 1.15 | 0.248 | 0.049 | 0.907 |
| C17:1n7 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.632 | 0.240 | 0.903 |
| C18:1n9 | 6.65 | 6.51 | 8.78 | 8.23 | 2.22 | 0.851 | 0.549 | 0.759 |
| C18:1n9c | 10.25 | 9.41 | 10.56 | 10.41 | 2.13 | 0.981 | 0.957 | 0.769 |
| C20:1n9 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.451 | 0.234 | 0.789 |
| C22:1n9 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.04 | 0.435 | 0.131 | 0.956 |
| C18:2n6t | 9.34 | 10.06 | 14.78 | 14.30 | 3.34 | 0.561 | 0.251 | 0.644 |
| C18:2n6c | 12.49 | 8.15 | 10.60 | 10.15 | 2.98 | 0.785 | 0.531 | 0.523 |
| C18:3n6 | 5.83 | 6.57 | 5.60 | 5.19 | 1.40 | 0.914 | 0.814 | 0.537 |
| C20:2 | 0.84 | 0.69 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.12 | 0.411 | 0.123 | 0.942 |
| C20:3n6 | 0.98 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.15 | 0.455 | 0.138 | 0.928 |
| C20:4n6 | 3.76 | 2.98 | 2.44 | 2.67 | 0.50 | 0.297 | 0.077 | 0.824 |
| C20:5n3 | 1.87 | 1.01 | 1.84 | 0.96 | 0.40 | 0.226 | 0.220 | 0.907 |
| C22:2n6 | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.309 | 0.079 | 0.775 |
| C22:6n3 | 0.88 | 0.55 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.14 | 0.104 | 0.016 | 0.852 |
| SFA | 35.64 | 39.91 | 30.00 | 32.28 | 5.89 | 0.665 | 0.621 | 0.501 |
| USFA | 64.36 | 60.09 | 70.00 | 67.72 | 5.89 | 0.665 | 0.621 | 0.501 |
| MUFA | 27.69 | 28.75 | 32.67 | 32.25 | 3.59 | 0.699 | 0.321 | 0.748 |
| PUFA | 36.67 | 31.35 | 37.33 | 35.47 | 3.62 | 0.655 | 0.848 | 0.438 |
| USFA/SFA | 2.24 | 1.79 | 2.74 | 2.36 | 0.55 | 0.674 | 0.755 | 0.586 |
In the same row, values with no letter or the same letter superscripts mean no significant difference (P > 0.05), while with different letter superscripts mean significant difference (P < 0.05), n = 5. S0, blank control group, broilers were fed diet without BMFA supplementation; S1, S2, and S3, broilers were fed diet supplemented with 0.2, 0.4, and 0.6% of BMFA, respectively. aL, linear; Q, quadratic.