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Table 2 Fatty acid composition of dietary treatments (percentage of total fatty acids).

From: Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids enrichment alters performance and immune response in infectious bursal disease challenged broilers

 

Treatments

Fatty acids

T1 †

T2

T3

T4

14:0

0.8

0.9

1.8

2.5

15:0

-

-

-

0.7

15:1

-

-

-

-

16:0

32.7

15.7

17.3

19.5

16:1

-

1.4

2.4

3.3

17:0

-

0.9

1.0

1.4

17:1

-

-

0.6

0.8

18:0

4.1

4.9

4.9

5.6

18:1

39.2

27.8

26.9

23.3

18:2 n-6

21.9

38.8

31.9

24.8

18:3 n-3

-

0.5

0.6

0.6

20:4 n-6

-

0.6

0.7

1.1

20:5 n-3

-

1.5

2.3

3.2

22:5 n-3

-

-

0.6

0.8

22:6 n-3

-

5.6

8.2

11.9

SFA

38.2

23.2

25.9

30.0

UFA

61.8

76.8

74.1

69.9

MUFA

39.5

29.5

29.9

27.5

PUFA n-3

0.5

8.0

11.5

16.5

PUFA n-6

21.9

39.4

32.6

25.9

UFA: SFA

1.6

3.5

2.9

2.3

PUFA: SFA

0.6

2.1

1.7

1.4

n-6: n-3

51.7

5.1

2.8

1.6

  1. † Dietary n-3 PUFA level of 0.5 (T1), 8.0 (T2), 11.5 (T3), 16.5% (T4).