Table 3.
Fatty acid contents of duck leg meats according different stocking densities1
Treatments2 | C14:0 | C16:0 | C16:1n7 | C18:0 | C18:1n9 | C18:2n6 | C18:3n6 | C18:3n3 | C20:1n9 | C20:4n6 |
T1 | 0.78 | 22.6 | 3.81 | 7.34 | 49.8 | 12.3 | 0.068 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 2.25 |
T2 | 0.77 | 24.0 | 4.43 | 5.00 | 51.0 | 12.7 | 0.050 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 1.08 |
T3 | 0.77 | 23.2 | 4.35 | 4.47 | 53.3 | 11.9 | 0.030 | 0.45 | 0.61 | 0.89 |
T4 | 0.85 | 23.3 | 4.18 | 5.52 | 51.3 | 12.7 | 0.064 | 0.49 | 0.72 | 0.92 |
T5 | 0.84 | 22.6 | 3.82 | 6.27 | 52.0 | 12.2 | 0.058 | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.99 |
T6 | 0.79 | 22.1 | 3.97 | 6.35 | 53.1 | 11.4 | 0.092 | 0.47 | 0.71 | 1.00 |
SEM | 0.028 | 0.43 | 0.219 | 0.313 | 0.71 | 0.35 | 0.0056 | 0.019 | 0.027 | 0.226 |
P-value | | | | | | | | | | |
Linear | 0.179 | 0.073 | 0.519 | 0.963 | <0.05 | 0.084 | <0.05 | 0.941 | <0.05 | <0.05 |
Quadratic | 0.373 | <0.05 | 0.100 | <0.05 | 0.282 | 0.180 | <0.05 | 0.702 | 0.688 | <0.05 |
Myristic acid, C14:0; palmitic acid, C16:0; palmitoleic acid, C16:1n7; stearic acid, C18:0; oleic acid, C18:1n9; linoleic acid, C18:2n6; γ-linoleic acid, C18:3n6; linolenic acid, C18:3n3; eicosenoic acid, C20:1n9; arachidonic acid, C20:4n6.
T1, 4 birds/m2; T2, 5 birds/m2; T3, 6 birds/m2; T4, 7 birds/m2; T5, 8 birds/m2; T6, 9 birds/m2.
Standard error of means.