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Table 3 Long chain fatty acids and fatty acid ratios related to metabolism pathways [1] in liver tissue

From: Fat content, fatty acid pattern and iron content in livers of turkeys with hepatic lipidosis

Item

Control (n = 16)

Case

Acid

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fl1 (n = 8)

fl2 (n = 10)

fl3 (n = 13)

fl4 (n = 10)

fl5 (n = 17)

fl6 (n = 12)

fl7 (n = 9)

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Palmitic

g/kg DM

30.2e

8.41

36.1e

21.5

77.6d

8.39

90.9c

6.33

102c

8.98

123b

12.2

128b

10.8

151a

9.40

Palmitoleic

3.17c

2.80

5.06c

5.01

8.60c

3.35

16.6b

3.55

16.3b

4.74

21.0b

6.47

22.5b

8.08

33.6a

9.24

Stearic

26.5cd

3.22

20.0e

2.84

25.6d

3.08

26.1cd

3.02

28.2bcd

3.82

30.7abc

4.89

31.6ab

4.84

33.3a

6.14

Oleic

26.4e

18.8

27.1e

24.6

67.7d

11.2

104c

12.2

117c

14.5

136b

13.4

146b

17.9

179a

19.6

Linoleic

29.3e

3.54

16.4f

3.50

33.0de

8.12

32.8de

11.0

45.3cd

12.2

50.1bc

14.4

75.1a

13.9

59.7b

21.3

α-linoleic

0.55d

0.18

0.28d

0.17

1.78c

0.73

1.60c

0.95

2.67bc

1.08

2.62bc

1.08

5.13a

1.31

3.58b

1.47

Arachidonic

g/kg DM

8.75a

1.67

5.52b

4.75

2.89c

1.76

2.33c

1.37

2.99c

1.29

2.17c

1.33

3.24c

1.14

2.35c

1.36

Eicosapentaenoic

0.65a

0.45

0.11b

0.12

0.10b

0.06

0.09b

0.09

0.14b

0.08

0.15b

0.15

0.20b

0.13

0.20b

0.18

Docosahexanoic

2.37a

2.96

0.59b

0.67

0.19b

0.11

0.12b

0.06

0.16b

0.10

0.21b

0.11

0.23b

0.16

0.25b

0.19

Ratio

C18:0/C16:0 [1]

g/kg DM

0.91a

0.15

0.71b

0.31

0.33c

0.04

0.29c

0.04

0.28c

0.04

0.25c

0.04

0.25c

0.04

0.22c

0.03

C16:1n7/C16:0 [1]

0.09c

0.07

0.11bc

0.10

0.11bc

0.04

0.18ab

0.04

0.16ab

0.05

0.17ab

0.06

0.17ab

0.06

0.22a

0.07

C18:1n9/C16:0 [1]

0.94d

0.62

1.32d

1.17

2.69c

0.63

4.06b

0.67

4.20b

0.62

4.57ab

1.08

4.74ab

1.07

5.59a

1.36

n-6/n-3 [1]

23.5ab

12.5

30.3a

9.68

20.0b

5.90

23.8ab

10.3

18.4b

4.66

19.3b

4.22

15.0b

1.75

17.0b

4.01

  1. Fat level 1 = fl 1: ≤200 g/kg DM; Fat level 2 = fl 2: >200–250 g/kg DM; Fat level 3 = fl 3: >250–300 g/kg DM; Fat level 4 = fl 4: > 300–350 g/kg DM; Fat level 5 = fl 5: > 350–400 g/kg DM; Fat level 6 = fl 6:> 400–450 g/kg DM; Fat level 7 = fl 7: > 450 g/kg DM
  2. a,b,c,d,e Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at P < 0.05